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Samuel Baker
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British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist (1821–1893)
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Samuel Baker was a British explorer, military officer, naturalist and engineer, born on 8 June 1821 in London. He held citizenship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, began his career in 1850, and served in the Egyptian Army holding allegiance to the United Kingdom. He was the spouse of Florence Baker and the sibling of Valentine Baker and James Baker.
He was a member of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and received the Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations, and Fellowships of both societies. He died on 30 December 1893 in Newton Abbot, and was buried at Brompton Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1748
- Works
- 36
Top works
- A thanksgiving sermon on Deuter. xxviii. part of verse 7th. occasion'd by the late signal victory over the French near Mons, on Septemb. 11th. n.s. and the other remarkable successes of this present year 1709
- A catalogue of the genuine and fine library of Oliver St. John, esq; ...
- Albert N'Yanza Great Basin of the Nile
- Wild Beasts and Their Ways
- Eight Years' Wandering in Ceylon
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-12-23
- Active to
- 1988-05-13
Discography
- Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman1953
- Chet Baker Sings1954
- Chet Baker & Strings1954
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet1955
- Sings and Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings1955
- The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker1955
- Playboys1956
- Quartet: Russ Freeman Chet Baker1957
- It Could Happen to You: Chet Baker Sings1958
- Chet Baker in New York1958
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 42
- Total plays
- 614
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,903x
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,736x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,914x
- Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
· 1998 · cited 12,384x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Newton Abbot
- Spouse
- Florence Baker
- Sibling
- James Baker
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- Egyptian Army
- Military rank
- military officer
- Image
- Samuel Baker 02.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- place of burial
- Brompton Cemetery
- member of
- Royal Geographical Society
- Commons category
- Samuel Baker
- date of birth
- 1821-01-01
- date of death
- 1893-01-01
- Commons gallery
- Samuel Baker
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1850-01-01
- end of work period
- 1860-01-01
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