John Gilbert Baker Explained

John Gilbert Baker
Birth Date:	13 January 1834
Birth Place:	Guisborough
Death Date:	16 August 1920 (aged 86)
Death Place:	Kew^[1]
Nationality:	English
Education:	Quaker schoolsAckworth SchoolBootham School
Occupation:	Botanist
Author Abbrev Bot:	Baker

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,^{[2] [3]} 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). Baker issued several exsiccata-like series.^[4]

He married Hannah Unthank in 1860.^[5] Their son Edmund was one of twins, and his twin brother died before 1887.^{[6] [7]}

John G. Baker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1878.^[8] He was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1907.

Taxa named in honour

Several plant species with the epithet bakeriana or bakeranius and bakeranium have been named in honour of John G. Baker.^[9]

Including;

• Hieracium bakerianum
• Hymenostegia bakeriana
• Iris reticulata var. bakeriana (also known as Iris bakeriana)
• Lilium bakerianum
• Rhodolaena bakeriana
• Rubus bakerianus

Selected publications

• Baker. J. G.. John Gilbert Baker. Revision of the Genera and Species of Tulipeae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 1874. xiv. 76. 211–310. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1874.tb00314.x.
• Baker . John Gilbert. John Gilbert Baker . A Classified Synonymic List of all the Known Crocuses, with their Native Countries, and References to the Works where they are Figured. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London. 1874 . 4 . 14. 111–119 .

External links

• • Web site: Handbook of the Irideae by J G Baker (1892) . 5 November 2017 . 27 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927195253/http://www.beardlessiris.org/reviews/handbook_of_the_iridae__baker.pdf . live .
• Web site: The naturalist . 26 May 1864 .

Notes and References

1. Britten . James . Britten . James . John Gilbert Baker (1834–1928) . The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign . 58 . Taylor and Francis . London . 1920 . 233–238 . . 18 July 2022 . 18 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220718225000/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33758#page/285/mode/1up . live .
2. Book: Woodland, Jenny . Bootham School Register. York, England. BOSA. 2011.
3. 38296. Baker, John Gilbert. Ray. Desmond.
4. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
5. Baker, John Gilbert. Who's Who. 1919. 100. 9 September 2015. 26 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240526160634/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/html?id=mdp.39015047639912&seq=145. live.
6. Web site: Hannah Unthank Individual Records - Ancestry®. www.ancestry.com. 26 May 2024. 26 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240526160627/https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/results?firstName=hannah&lastName=unthank. live.
7. Book: List of Members of the Quarterly Meeting of London & Middlesex. 1886. London. Society of Friends. 85. 9 September 2015. 26 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240526160610/https://books.google.com/books?id=pwUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA85#v=onepage&q&f=false. live.
8. Web site: Library and Archive Catalogue. Royal Society. 30 January 2011.
9. Dr Ross Bayton