Baker Henry

Baker, Henry, born in London in 1698, after spending some years first as a bookseller and then as an attorney's clerk, took to natural history and antiquarian studies. He was elected to the fellowship both of the Royal and the Antiquaries Society, took the Copley Gold Medal, wrote works on the microscope, a poem on the Universe, and many contributions to learned periodicals. He also founded the Bakerian Lectureship, and died in 1774.