Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Baronet (1772–1830) was a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

Life

He was the son of Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet, physician to George III, born 13 May 1772 in Westminster. Educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

(B.A. 1792, M.A. 1796), he was elected to the Royal Society in 1811. He died in a windmill accident near

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, on 1 October 1830.

Family

Baker married in 1814 Harriet Simeon, youngest daughter of

Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet (1756 – 4 February 1824) of Walliscot in Oxfordshire was Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading in Berkshire from 1797 to 1802 and from 1806 to 1818. He also practised as barrister and a member of Lincoln's Inn, and h ...

. They had three sons: *Sir George Baker, 3rd Baronet *Frederick Francis *A son born in 1826 and a daughter Jane Maria, who in 1840 married the future

Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet (5 February 1815 on the Isle of Wight – 21 May 1870 in Freiburg) was a British politician and naval officer. Biography Simeon was born on the Isle of Wight in 1815. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Simeon, 2n ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Frederick Francis, Sir 1772 births 1830 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge

Frederick Francis Friedrich Franz (1783–1860) was a photography pioneer and university teacher of Gregor Mendel. Friedrich Franz (or ''Frederick Francis'') was also the name of several members of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: *Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke ...

Fellows of the Royal Society People educated at Eton College