Edmund Gilbert Baker ( Eng. Edmund Gilbert Baker , February 8, 1864 - December 17, 1949 [1] ) is a British botanist and pharmacist .
| Edmund Gilbert Baker | |
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| English Edmund gilbert baker | |
| Date of Birth | February 8, 1864 |
| Place of Birth | Sirsk |
| Date of death | December 17, 1949 (85 years old) |
| Place of death | Kew |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Scientific field | botany , pharmacy |
| Awards and prizes | [d] |
| Taxonomy of wildlife | |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Baker f. " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Biography
Edmund Gilbert Baker was born on February 8, 1864 in Sirsk [1] . He was the son of the botanist John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920). Baker was educated at the College of Pharmacy in London. He was an employee of the British Museum, first as an assistant, then as a caretaker. During the expedition of Wollaston to the Netherlands New Guinea (1912-1913), Baker published data on botany [2] . He died in 1949.
Scientific work
- Synopsis of Malveae , 1895 .
- Catalog of the Plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. PA Talbot in the Oban district, South Nigeria. London
- Leguminosae of Tropical Africa , parte 1, [1] -215, ene 1926 ; parte 2, [i-iii], 216-607, jul 1929 ; parte 3, [i-iii], 608-693, abr 1930 .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Ray Desmond. Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers . - CRC Press, 1994 .-- S. 900. - 35 p.
- ↑ Baker, Edmund Gilbert (1864-1949) . Global Plants. Date of treatment November 25, 2015.