Baker,

Baker, JOHN GILBERT, botanist, was born at Guisbrough, Yorkshire, 13th January 1834, and in 1866 was appointed assistant-curator at the herbarium at Kew. He was for many years lecturer on botany to the London hospital, and in 1882 he received a like appointment from the Apothecaries' Company; he is also a member of the Royal and Linnean Societies. His voluminous writings include works on the flora of districts so diverse as the north of England, Madagascar, and Brazil; and from his pen have come both popular monographs and scientific catalogues of high value.