George Griswold Latimer Bates (March 21, 1863, Abingdon, Illinois US  – January 31, 1940 Chelmsford UK), LL.D., M.B.O.U. was an American naturalist.
George Griswold Latimer Bates (born March 21, 1863, in Abingdon, Illinois, USA; died January 31, 1940, in Chelmsford, UK) earned a doctorate and honorary membership in the British Ornithologists' Union, making him an American ornithologist.