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He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1878.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=5&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27baker%27%29 | title = Library and Archive Catalogue| publisher= Royal Society| accessdate= 30 January 2011}}</ref> |
He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1878.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=5&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27baker%27%29 | title = Library and Archive Catalogue| publisher= Royal Society| accessdate= 30 January 2011}}</ref> |
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He married Hannah Unthank in 1860.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Baker, John Gilbert|journal=Who's Who|year=1919|pages=p. 100|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015047639912;view=1up;seq=142}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/hannah-unthank_64687528 Hannah Unthank, mother of 3 - ancestry.com]</ref> |
He married Hannah Unthank in 1860.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Baker, John Gilbert|journal=Who's Who|year=1919|pages=p. 100|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015047639912;view=1up;seq=142}}</ref> Their son Edmund was one of twins, and his twin brother died before 1887.<ref>[http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/hannah-unthank_64687528 Hannah Unthank, mother of 3 - ancestry.com]</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA85|title=List of Members of the Quarterly Meeting of London & Middlesex|year=1886|location=London|publisher=Society of Friends|page=85}}</ref> |
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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 at Ackworth School and Bootham School,[1][2] York.
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.[3]
He married Hannah Unthank in 1860.[4] Their son Edmund was one of twins, and his twin brother died before 1887.[5][6]
References
- ^ Woodland, Jenny (2011). Bootham School Register. York, England: BOSA.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Desmond, Ray. "Baker, John Gilbert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38296. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ "Baker, John Gilbert". Who's Who: p. 100. 1919.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Hannah Unthank, mother of 3 - ancestry.com
- ^ List of Members of the Quarterly Meeting of London & Middlesex. London: Society of Friends. 1886. p. 85.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Baker.
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Works by or about John Gilbert Baker at Wikisource
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