Paul Wallace Gates

Paul Wallace Gates
Born(1901-12-14)December 14, 1901
DiedJanuary 5, 1999(1999-01-05) (aged 97)
OccupationHistorian
Known forForemost authority on history of United States land law

Paul Wallace Gates (December 14, 1901 – January 5, 1999) was a professor of history and general historian who is widely considered to be the foremost authority on the history of federal land policy in the United States. Gates wrote 10 books and 75 academic articles, and his magnum opus was History of Public Land Law Development.[1]