George Percival BakerFRGS[2] (1856–1951) was a textile merchant and manufacturer, collector of fabrics from India and Persia, amateur botanist, mountaineer, oarsman, and amateur photographer.[3]
George Percival Baker's father George Baker in 1848 designed and supervised the creation of the garden at the British Embassy at Constantinople and, after completing the work,[3] in Constantinople went into the trading business, including the export of Turkish carpets.[4] After education at a Franciscan monastery school[5] and then at a British school in Pera, G. P. Baker and his brother Harry were sent to England and continued their education at a private school in Knights Hill, Norwood.[3] About five later, G. P. Baker returned to Constantinople in 1871 and went into the family business.[5] In 1874 G. P. Baker left Constantinople to work in England for the family business. In 1884, when he was 28 years old, he married Mary Emily "Minnie" Davis.[5] With capital from their father,[3] he and his brother James founded in 1884 the firm G P & J Baker and purchased in 1893 the long-established printing firm of Swaisland located in Crayford, Kent.[6][7] G. P. Baker was an important collector of early Oriental fabrics and a leading expert on calico painting and printing in the East Indies.[8][9][10]
After thirty years of strenuous and distinguished mountaineering and exploration, as described in his mountaineering obituary, George Percival Baker gave up serious climbing in 1911 and thereafter devoted himself to plant hunting in a number of European countries, including the Caucasus, with his life-long friend George Yeld, three visits to Crete, Morocco, the High Atlas, Corsica, Greece, Asia Minor, the Lebanon and Palestine, the Riff Mountains of French Morocco, the Pyrenees and Switzerland, and from each he brought back treasures to beautify his garden as well as to benefit horticulture generally.[3]
G. P. and Minnie Baker had five sons and two daughters. Three of the sons died in WW I.[5]
(Araliaceae) BakeriaSeem.[13] is named in honour of the botanist J. G. Baker of Thirsk. The plant genus Bakeria now contains no taxonomically accepted names.[14]
^Baker, George Percival (1916). "East Indian Hand-Painted Calicoes of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, and their Influence on the Tinctorial Arts of Europe". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 64 (3313): 482–492.
^Baker, George Percival; Clouzot, Henri (1921). Calico painting and printing in the the[sic] East Indies in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. E. Arnold; 78 pp.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^"Book Illustration, Calico Painting and Printing in the the[sic] East Indies in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries, Plate 1, 1921". Cooper Hewitt.
^MacGregor, Arthur, ed. (26 April 2018). Naturalists in the Field: Collecting, Recording and Preserving the Natural World from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Brill. p. 579. ISBN978-90-04-32384-1.
^Nelson, Charles (August 2011). "The story of George Percival Baker: calico printer and textile merchant; mountaineer, plantsman and gardener".
george, percival, baker, frgs, 1856, 1951, textile, merchant, manufacturer, collector, fabrics, from, india, persia, amateur, botanist, mountaineer, oarsman, amateur, photographer, born, 1856, february, 1856constantinopledieddecember, 1951, 1951, aged, sevenoa. George Percival Baker FRGS 2 1856 1951 was a textile merchant and manufacturer collector of fabrics from India and Persia amateur botanist mountaineer oarsman and amateur photographer 3 George Percival BakerBorn 1856 02 16 February 16 1856ConstantinopleDiedDecember 29 1951 1951 12 29 aged 95 Sevenoaks Kent UKNationalityBritishScientific careerFieldsBotany 1 Author abbrev botany G P BakerBiography editGeorge Percival Baker s father George Baker in 1848 designed and supervised the creation of the garden at the British Embassy at Constantinople and after completing the work 3 in Constantinople went into the trading business including the export of Turkish carpets 4 After education at a Franciscan monastery school 5 and then at a British school in Pera G P Baker and his brother Harry were sent to England and continued their education at a private school in Knights Hill Norwood 3 About five later G P Baker returned to Constantinople in 1871 and went into the family business 5 In 1874 G P Baker left Constantinople to work in England for the family business In 1884 when he was 28 years old he married Mary Emily Minnie Davis 5 With capital from their father 3 he and his brother James founded in 1884 the firm G P amp J Baker and purchased in 1893 the long established printing firm of Swaisland located in Crayford Kent 6 7 G P Baker was an important collector of early Oriental fabrics and a leading expert on calico painting and printing in the East Indies 8 9 10 As a mountaineer G P Baker is most famous as one of a party of four who in August 1882 opened a new route on the east ridge of Dent Blanche 3 After thirty years of strenuous and distinguished mountaineering and exploration as described in his mountaineering obituary George Percival Baker gave up serious climbing in 1911 and thereafter devoted himself to plant hunting in a number of European countries including the Caucasus with his life long friend George Yeld three visits to Crete Morocco the High Atlas Corsica Greece Asia Minor the Lebanon and Palestine the Riff Mountains of French Morocco the Pyrenees and Switzerland and from each he brought back treasures to beautify his garden as well as to benefit horticulture generally 3 In 1929 G P Baker and Marco Bonakis were pioneers in the use of seaplanes to transport plants 11 In 1933 G P Baker was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society 12 G P and Minnie Baker had five sons and two daughters Three of the sons died in WW I 5 Araliaceae Bakeria Seem 13 is named in honour of the botanist J G Baker of Thirsk The plant genus Bakeria now contains no taxonomically accepted names 14 The standard author abbreviation G P Baker is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 15 References edit Baker George Percival 1856 1951 Global Plants jstor org Second Meeting 23rd November 1891 Election of Fellows Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society New Series 13 731 1891 a b c d e f Carslake W B Roger Smith H R 1952 In Memoriam George Percival Baker PDF The Alpine Journal 391 393 G and A Baker Ltd unilever archives com a b c d The George Baker Family 1822 1905 levantineheritage com Eaton Linda 2014 Printed Textiles British and American Cottons and Linens 1700 1850 Monacelli Press p 12 ISBN 978 1 58093 393 3 G P amp J Baker Crayford Collection PDF kravet com Brochures Catalogs Baker George Percival 1916 East Indian Hand Painted Calicoes of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and their Influence on the Tinctorial Arts of Europe Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 64 3313 482 492 Baker George Percival Clouzot Henri 1921 Calico painting and printing in the the sic East Indies in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries E Arnold 78 pp a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint postscript link Book Illustration Calico Painting and Printing in the the sic East Indies in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries Plate 1 1921 Cooper Hewitt MacGregor Arthur ed 26 April 2018 Naturalists in the Field Collecting Recording and Preserving the Natural World from the Fifteenth to the Twenty First Century Brill p 579 ISBN 978 90 04 32384 1 Nelson Charles August 2011 The story of George Percival Baker calico printer and textile merchant mountaineer plantsman and gardener Seemann Berthold 1864 J Bot 2 248 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Bakeria The Plant List International Plant Names Index G P Baker Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Percival Baker amp oldid 1169668988, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
