Definitions for "John Baker"
John Baker is a British author. He was born in 1942 in the city of Hull, in the North of England. To date he has published eight novels, all of them set in either Hull or York.
Dr. John Randal Baker F.R.S. (1900-1984) was a biologist, physical anthropologist, and professor at the University of Oxford (where he was the Emeritus Reader in Cytology) in the mid-twentieth century. He is best remembered for his 1974 book Race, which attempts to classify human races in the same way that animal subspecies are classified.
John Baker (died 1872) was the second Premier of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Finnis, however he only held office for 10 days from 21 August to 1 September 1857 before being succeeded in office by the third Premier of the colony, Robert Torrens.