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Baker, Edmund Gilbert (1864-1949)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Edmund Gilbert
Last name
Baker
Initials
E.G.
Life Dates
1864 - 1949
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K, MBH, RTE
Countries
Europe: Spain, United Kingdom
Associate(s)
Baker, John Gilbert (1834-1920) (father)
Pugsley, Herbert William (1868-1947) (co-collector)
Salmon, Charles Edgar (1872-1930) (co-collector)
Schönland, Selmar (1860-1940) (co-author)
Biography
British botanist from Thirsk, Yorkshire, the son of Kew botanist J.G. Gilbert. Edmund Baker was employed at BM (1887-1824), initially as an assistant, later becoming Assistant Keeper. He published on the botany of the Wollaston Expedition to Dutch New Guinea (1912-1913).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 43; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 5; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 85; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 50; Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S., Taxon. Lit., ed. 2, 1 (1976): 103;
Baker, Edmund Gilbert (1864-1949)
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