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Lucien Torrey Gates, orgt., compr. b. Worcester, Ma ., March 23, 1846. Educated m public schools, and Brown University (A.B. 1867); studied music with Eugene Thayer and others; orgt. at Providence, R. I., Buffalo, N. Y. Brooklyn, Marble Collegiate Church, 1st Baptist, New York, at Morris town, E. Orange, and Newark, N. J., now (1914) at North Presbyterian, New York; opened many organs 1870-85; mus. ed. Buffalo Expre later Commercial Advertiser New York; many years sec Manuscript Soc., New York, member Am. Guild Org.; compositions include songs, anthems, cantatas, and pieces for organ ana piano.