John Gilbert Baker

Also known as J. G. Baker, J. Gilbert Baker

John Gilbert Baker was a British botanist and keeper of the Herbarium at Kew Gardens.

Occupation: botanist, ecologist, pteridologist, botanical collector
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Born: January 13, 1834
Died: August 16, 1920

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Edmund Gilbert Bakerchild Lilian E. Porterchild

Handbook of the Amaryllideaeknown for Handbook of the Bromeliaceaeknown for Handbook of the Fern-Alliesknown for Handbook of the Irideaeknown for Refugium botanicum : or figures and descriptions from living specimens, of little known or new plants of botanical interestknown for Handbook of the Amaryllideaeknown for A new flora of Northumberland and Durham with sketches of its climate and physical geographyknown for Flora of Mauritius and the Seychellesknown for Kew Gardensemployer Bootham Schooleducated at

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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 in North Yorkshire, the son of John and Mary (née Gilbert) Baker, and died in Kew. He was educated at Quaker schools at Ackworth School and Bootham School, York. He then worked at the library and herbarium of the 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).

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Also known as J. G. Baker, J. Gilbert Baker

John Gilbert Baker

John Gilbert Baker

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