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  1. John Gilbert Baker FRS (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 in North Yorkshire, the son of John and Mary (née Gilbert) Baker, and died in Kew .

  2. Jan 13, 2021 · Learn about the life and work of John Gilbert Baker, a renowned British botanist and former Keeper of the Herbarium at Kew. He identified many plant families, wrote handbooks, and met Beatrix Potter.

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  4. Jan 13, 2023 · This biography of Gilbert Baker, the last English Bishop of Hong Kong before the election of a Chinese priest as Bishop, and subsequently Archbishop, is valuable for understanding the history of Christianity and Anglicanism in China from the 1930s, when Baker, responding to an invitation from the newly appointed bishop, R. O. Hall ...

  5. Botanist naturalist scientist. John Gilbert Baker was a British botanist who worked as a keeper in the herbarium of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew between 1866 and 1899. His name is also closely associated with the Thirsk Natural History Society. Background.

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  6. Hong Kong's Last English Bishop: The Life and Times of John Gilbert Hindley Baker. By Philip L. Wickeri. Sheng Kung Kui: Historical Studies of Anglican Christianity in China Series. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2021. xv + 196 pp. $62.00 cloth. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2023. Daryl R. Ireland. Article. Metrics.

  7. Biography. British botanist from Guisborough who moved to Thirsk with his family at an early age. He began his education at Ackworth and Bootham school in York where he showed early interst in botany and was curator of the school herbarium.