18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Lily Isabella Homfeld Klopp    
                Born: 1871                 in London  1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1901                 in Norfolk   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1903                 in Cambridge  2 (see note 3)
                Died: 1903                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 4)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Henry Frederick Baker     
             Married: 1893                 in Yorkshire  1 (see note 5)
                Born: 1866                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 6)
           Education:                      St John's College, Cambridge  3 (see note 7)
              Census: 1901                 in Norfolk   (see note 8)
          Occupation: 1901                 Lecturer at St Johns College Cambridge  
             Resided: 1911                 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington  4 (see note 9)
              Census: 1911                 in Portsmouth, Hampshire   (see note 10)
          Occupation: 1914 - 1936          Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry  3
                Died: 1956                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 11)
              Father:
              Mother:
          Media link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._F._Baker
          Media desc: Wikipedia

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) Probate record. 
(3) Alumni Cantabrigienses. 
(4) 1911 census. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Mar 1871 Wandsworth 1d 642
Note (2) Age 30, born Putney, with husband Henry Baker and two sons
Note (3) 4 Belvoir Terrace
Note (4) Dec 1903 Cambridge 3b 286   age 32
Note (5) Jun 1893 Pontefract 9c 174
Note (6) Sep 1866 Cambridge 3b 482
Note (7) Name: 	Henry Frederick Baker
College: 	ST JOHN'S
Entered: 	Michs. 1884
Born: 	1866
More Information: 	Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, June 2, 1883. S. of Henry. B.
July 3, 1866, at Cambridge. Schools, Elementary (F. Hatt) and Perse, Cambridge
(Mr J. B. Allen). Matric. Michs. 1884; Scholar; B.A. (Senr. Wrangler) 1887; 1st
Smith's Prizeman; M.A. 1891; Sc.D. 1902. Fellow, 1888. College Lecturer,
1890-1914. Proctor, 1901. University Lecturer in Mathematics, 1895-1914. Cayley
Lecturer, 1903-14. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, 1914-36.
F.R.S., 1898. Of Walcott, Storey's Way, Cambridge, 1939. Author,Principles of
Geometry; Abel's Theorem; Periodic Functions. Editor of Sylvester's Mathematical
Papers. Brother of Arthur T. B. (1897), etc. (Univ. Hist. Reg.; Univ. Cal.,
1935-6.)
Note (8) Age 34, born Cambridge.  Lecturer at St Johns College Cambridge, with wife
Lily I H and two sons, also cook and nurse Mary A Knight
Note (9) House appears on accompanying list as occuped by H F Baker.  In residence was
Mary Ann Knight, caretaker, who was with the family in 1901
Note (10) Age 44, born Cambridge.  Teacher, University of Cambridge, widower, with two
sons
Note (11) Mar 1956 Cambridge 4a 309   age 89

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