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Baker, William Robert Arton (1857–1926)

Born 1857; died in Westgarth, Northcote, Vic. on 11 November 1926 and was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.

Worked at Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne for more than 40 years; served as Keeper of Herbarium and Museum of Economic Botany, appointed by W.R.Guilfoyle.

Sources:
"Deaths", Age newspaper, Fri. 12 Nov. 1926, p. 1. [Accessed online at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202197601/18732392 on 4 Oct. 2023]
"Notes and notices: personal", Australasian newspaper, Sat. 27 Nov. 1926, p. 51. [Accessed online at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142166884 on 4 Oct. 2023]
Find A Grave website, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199487330/william-robert_arton-baker [accessed 4 Oct. 2023]

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