| LC control no. | n 50028268 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Baker, John R. (John Randal), 1900-1984 |
| Variant(s) | Baker, John Randal, 1900-1984 Baker, J. R. (John Randal), 1900-1984 |
| Birth date | 1900-10-23 |
| Death date | 1984-06-08 |
| Place of birth | Woodbridge (Suffolk, England) |
| Field of activity | Cytology Science |
| Profession or occupation | Biologist Physical anthropologist Educator |
| Found in | His Sex in man and animals, 1926. LCCN 47-398: Mees, C.E.K. The path of science, 1946 (hdg.: Baker, John Randal, 1900- ; usage: John R. Baker) Alton, J. Supplementary catalogue of papers ... 1986: t.p. (John Randal Baker; 1900-1984) Wikipedia, Apr. 25, 2016 (John Randal Baker FRS (23 October 1900, Woodbridge, Suffolk-8 June 1984) was a biologist, physical anthropologist, and professor at the University of Oxford (where he was the Emeritus Reader in Cytology) in the mid-twentieth century. He is best remembered for his 1974 book, Race, which classifies human races in the same way in which animal subspecies are classified. John Baker received his PhD at the University of Oxford in 1927.) |
| Not found in | Oxford DNB Dict. of scientific biog. |
| Associated language | eng |
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