Henry Baker
1698 - 1774
- Born
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08 May 1698
Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, England
- Died
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25 November 1774
The Strand, London, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 12/03/1741
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 43
- Occupation
- Bookseller; Editor; Therapist for deaf children
- Relationships
- Parents: William Baker, clerk in chancery, and Mary, daughter of Aaron Pengry, comptroller of the petty bag office. Spouse: (m. 30 April 1729) Sophia Defoe (1701–1762), Daniel Defoe's youngest daughter. Children: David Lionel Erskine Baker (1730–1767?), theatre historianr, and Henry Baker (1734–1766), a lawyer.
- Catalogue
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Author of
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Paper, 'An account of Leeuwenhoeck's microscopes' by Henry Baker
Creator: Henry Baker Reference number: L&P/1/15 -
Paper, 'An account of the generation of seeds by Johann Daniel Schlichting' by Henry Baker
Creator: Henry Baker Reference number: L&P/1/151 -
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Paper, 'Of a press for taking off medals' by Henry Baker
Creator: Henry Baker Reference number: L&P/1/276 -
Paper, 'An examination of the fetahered inola of a hen, shewn by Dr Stocke' by Henry Baker
Creator: Henry Baker Reference number: L&P/1/279
Recipient of
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Letter, 'Of a book on reading in Dublin' from Thomas Walls to Henry Baker
Reference number: L&P/1/208 -
Letter, 'Of certain strata near Norwich' from William Anderson to Henry Baker
Reference number: L&P/1/318 -
Letter, 'Concerning the Bologna bottles' from Guiseppe Lorenzo Bruni to Henry Baker
Creator: Giuseppe Lorenzo Bruni Reference number: L&P/1/349
