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Richard Baker (botanist)
Richard Baker or Richie Baker may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Richard Baker (broadcaster) (1925–2018), British broadcaster * Richard Baker (composer) (born 1972), British composer and conductor * Richard A. Baker (makeup artist) (born 1950), known as Rick, American special makeup effects artist * Richard Baker (game designer), American author and game designer * Richard Anthony Baker (1946–2016), British radio producer and author * Richard Foster Baker (1857–1921), American director and actor * Machine Gun Kelly (rapper) (Richard Colson Baker, born 1990), American rapper and actor * Two Ton Baker (Dick Baker, 1916–1975), American singer Business * Richard Baker (merchant) (1819–1875), American merchant * Richard C. Baker (1858–1937), UK/US businessman, President of Pacific Coast Borax and Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad * Richard Baker (American businessman, born 1946) (1946–2009), American businessman and surf apparel executive for Ocean Pacific * Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Baker (broadcaster)
Richard Douglas James Baker Order of the British Empire, OBE Reserve Decoration, RD (15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an English broadcasting, broadcaster, best known as a News presenter, newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music. He was a contemporary of Kenneth Kendall and Robert Dougall and was the first reader of the ''BBC Television News'' (in voiceover) in 1954. Early life The eldest son of a plasterer, Baker was born in Willesden, North London, and educated at Kilburn Grammar School and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Baker's undergraduate years were interrupted by war service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II. He was on a minesweeper that protected the Arctic convoys of World War II, Allied Arctic supply convoys to the USSR. He was awarded the Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Reserve decoration. In May 2015 he was awarded the Ushakov Medal for his service in the Arctic conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Baker (Victorian Politician)
Richard Baker (1830 – 10 March 1915) was an Australian politician. Born in the village of Newbridge, in the parish of Shalfleet on the Isle of Wight to Peter Baker and Ruth Tucker, he attended a grammar school at Shalfleet and arrived in Melbourne in 1854, settling as a miner in Ballarat. He married Caroline Saunders, with whom he had seven children. In 1883 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Wimmera The Victorian government's Wimmera Southern Mallee subregion is part of the Grampians region in western Victoria. It includes most of what is considered the Wimmera, and part of the southern Mallee region. The subregion is based on the social ..., changing seats to Lowan in 1889, which he represented until 1894. From 1893 to 1894 he was Minister of Public Instruction. Baker died at Caulfield in 1915. References 1830 births 1915 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard R
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Ander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker Clamp
A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Since grains have been a staple food for millennia, the activity of baking is a very old one. Control of yeast, however, is relatively recent.Wayne Gisslen, ''Professional Baking'' (4th ed.: John Wiley & Sons, 2005), p. 4. By the fifth and sixth centuries BCE, the ancient Greeks used enclosed ovens heated by wood fires; communities usually baked bread in a large communal oven. Greeks baked dozens and possibly hundreds of types of bread; Athenaeus described seventy-two varieties. In ancient Rome several centuries later, the first mass production of breads occurred, and "the baking profession can be said to have started at that time." Ancient Roman bakers used honey and oil in their products, creating pastries rather than breads. In ancient Rome, bake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Thomas Baker
Richard Thomas Baker (1 December 1854 – 14 July 1941) was an Australian economic Botany, botanist, museum curator and educator. Early life Baker was born in Woolwich, England, son of Richard Thomas Baker, a blacksmith, and his wife Sarah, née Colkett. The boy was educated at Woolwich National School and Peterborough Training Institution, later gaining science and art certificates from South Kensington Museum. He was engaged as a senior assistant-master by the School Board for London in 1875 but resigned in July 1879 to emigrate to Australia. Career in Australia Baker arrived in Australia in September 1879 and joined the staff of Newington College, Sydney, as science and art master in June 1880. On 15 January 1888 Baker was appointed assistant curator to Joseph Henry Maiden at the Powerhouse Museum, Technological Museum, and in 1901 succeeded Maiden as curator and economic botanist. In 1902 Baker published an important work, ''A Research on the Eucalypts especially in regard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Baker (chronicler)
Sir Richard Baker ( – 18 February 1645) was a politician, historian and religious writer. He was the English author of the ''Chronicle of the Kings of England'' and other works. Family Richard Baker, born about 1568 at Sissinghurst, Kent, was the elder son of John Baker and Katherine Scott, the daughter of Sir Reginald Scott (d. 16 December 1554) of Scot's Hall near Ashford, Kent, and Emeline Kempe, the daughter of Sir William Kempe of Olantigh, by Eleanor, daughter of Sir Robert Browne. Richard Baker's father, John Baker, was the second son of Sir John Baker, the first Chancellor of the Exchequer. Richard Baker had a younger brother named Thomas, who is doubtless the ancestor of William Baker of Lismacue House in County Tipperary, Ireland. Life Richard Baker entered Hart Hall, Oxford, as a commoner in 1584. He left the university without taking a degree, studied law in London and afterwards travelled in Europe. In 1593 he was chosen member of parliament for Arunde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Baker (English Footballer)
Richard Peter Baker (born 29 December 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Division One West side Ramsbottom, where he plays as a midfielder. Early career Manchester United Richie began his career in the highly successful Manchester United Academy, where he played as a right-back, and was understudy to Danny Simpson, which somewhat restricted Baker to much playing time, he also played alongside the likes of Gerard Piqué, Fraizer Campbell and Giuseppe Rossi, during his time at Old Trafford. Playing career Preston North End Following the decision by Manchester United to release Baker, he joined EFL Championship side Preston North End as a trainee, but failed to make a breakthrough into the first team and was released at the end of the 2005–06 season. Bury Baker went to join Bury, and made his full debut in the League Cup victory over Sunderland playing as a central midfielder, and after that game established himself as a first-team regular, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Baker (Irish Footballer)
Richie Baker (born 17 April 1980) is an Irish former footballer. Besides the Republic of Ireland, he has played in the United States. Career Richie, who served his footballing apprenticeship with Stella Maris, is the brother of Dessie Baker, alongside whom he made numerous appearances for Shelbourne in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade). Richie made his League of Ireland and Shelbourne debut at the age of 18 against Shamrock Rovers in August 1998. During this period, Baker was an important part of the Irish national team youth teams, playing for the U-18's, U-20's, and U-21's. He represented his country at the UEFA U-19 Championship in Sweden in 1999 where he won a bronze medal. Baker is the only player to have won 2 PFAI Young Player of the Year awards. The highlight of Baker's career was arguably his 83rd minute free-kick which earned Shelbourne a 1–0 victory away to Sloga Jugomagnat of the Republic of Macedonia in a Champions League qualifying match on 12 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Baker (cricketer)
Richard Kenneth Baker (born 28 April 1952 in Essex) is an English former cricketer who played for Essex in 1972 and for Cambridge University in 1973 and 1974. He appeared in 20 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball, ball with a cricket bat, bat to score runs (cricket), runs and prevent the dismissal (cricket), loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since Septembe ... who kept wicket. He scored 505 runs with a highest score of 59 * and completed 25 catches with one stumping. Notes 1952 births English cricketers Essex cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Living people Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers Cricketers from Essex 20th-century English sportsmen {{england-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Baker (Zen Teacher)
Richard Dudley Baker (born March 30, 1936) is an American Soto Zen master (or roshi), the founder of Dharma Sangha—which consists of Crestone Mountain Zen Center located in Crestone, Colorado and the ''Zen Buddhist Center Black Forest'' (Zen-Buddhistisches Zentrum Schwarzwald, or, Johanneshof) in Germany's Black Forest. As the American Dharma heir to Shunryu Suzuki, Baker assumed abbotship of the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) shortly before Suzuki's death in 1971. He remained abbot there until 1984, the year he resigned his position after it was disclosed in the previous year that he and the wife of one of SFZC's benefactors had been having an affair. Despite the controversy connected with his resignation, Baker was instrumental in helping the San Francisco Zen Center to become one of the most successful Zen institutions in the United States. Early life and education Richard Baker was born in Biddeford, Maine, on March 30, 1936, the son of Harold Baker and Elisabeth Dudley.. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard H
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Ander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Baker (theologian)
Richard Baker, D.D. (1741–1818) was an English theological writer. Life Baker was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. (as seventh senior optime) in 1762, M.A. in 1765, and D.D. in 1788. He was elected to a fellowship in his college, and in 1772 was presented to the rectory of Cawston-with-Portland in Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ..., which he held till his death in 1818. Works Baker's works are: * ''How the Knowledge of Salvation is attainable'', a sermon on John vii. 17, 1782, 4to. * ''The Harmony or Agreement of the Four Evangelists, in four parts'', London, 1783–87, 8vo. * ''The Psalms of David Evangelized, wherein are seen the Unity of Divine Truth, the Harmony of the Old and New Testament, and the peculiar Doctrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
