John Gilbert Baker

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John Gilbert Baker (13 January 1834 – 16 August 1920) was an English botanist. His son was the botanist Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864-1949).

Biography

Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and =Mary (nêe Gilbert) Baker and died in Kew.

He was educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York Bootham.

He then worked at the library and herbarium of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew between 1866 and 1899, and was keeper of the herbarium from 1890 to 1899. He wrote handbooks on many plant groups, including Amaryllidaceae, Bromeliaceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceae, and ferns. His published works include Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles (1877) and Handbook of the Irideae (1892).

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1878.^[1]

He married Hannah Unthank in 1860.

References

Baker had numerous publications - a list is given at
See also German Wikipedia

The standard author abbreviation Baker is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

↑ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
↑ "Author Query for 'Baker'". International Plant Names Index.

External links

Works written by or about John Gilbert Baker at Wikisource

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 61645692 LCCN: n50028267 ISNI: 0000 0001 1065 599X GND: 116041358 BNF: cb12463093x

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Name	Baker, John Gilbert
Alternative names
Short description	British botanist
Date of birth	13 January 1834
Place of birth	Guisborough, Yorkshire
Date of death	16 August 1920
Place of death	Kew, Surrey

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