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Mr. Baker ( - fl. c. 1703)

Apothecary. Possibly but not clearly the same Mr. Baker also named by Petiver also in Gazophylacii as being "at Gallipoli." Apothecary
Relevant locations: Lived at or near London, England
Relationships: Mr. Baker was a same person as? (uncertain) Mr. Baker (-fl. c. 1703)

References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) A. 7. Squilla lacustris minima, dorso natante. Observed in the Spring, by Mr Baker, Apothecary, in the Ponds on the Common between K. Henry’s Walks and Kings-land. I have hatched these from their Eggs.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 1. ENGLISH Animals, Vegetables, Fossils, &c. 1 HArwich Harwich ThornFish Gaz Nat. & Art. Tab 22. Fig 2. 2 Broad Earth Scoiopendria G. N. Tab. 15. f. 10. 3 Bakers Pond Squill GAZ. NAT. & ART. 21. 7. 4 Pea Urchin-Egg 31. 10. 5 Warry Pensans Sea-Star 16. 6. 6 Lhwyd's small Donegal Sea-star 16. 18. 7 Small, whire tipt Butterfly 49. xi. 8 Vernons Cambridge half Mourner 1. 7. 9 Saffron Butterfly with spotted Tips 14. xi. 10 Blue Argus 35. 1. 11 Paple blue Argus 35. 2. 12 Mixt Argus 35. 3. 13 Brown edged Argus 35. 4. 14 Under speckled Livonian Argus 32. 6. 15 Holly under green. Butterfly 2. xi. 16 Hair streak Butterfly xi. 9. 17 Brown double streak Butterfly xi. 10. 18 Golden, brown, double streak Butterfly xi. xi. 19 Checkered Hog Butterfly 34. 7. 20 Checker-like Hog Butterfly 34. 8. 21 Streakt Golden Hog Butterfly 34. 9. 22 Handleys brown Hog Butterfly 36. 3. 23 Dandridge's Marsh Frittilary 36. 3. 24 Our Marsh Frittilary 36. 6. 25 Cambridge small Frittillary 16. 10. 26 Lincolnshire Fritillary 18. 10. F 27 Tun