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samuel white baker

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Ba⋅ker

[bey-ker]
–noun
1. Sir Benjamin, 1840–1907, English engineer.
2. George (“Father Divine”), 1877–1965, U.S. religious leader.
3. George Pierce, 1866–1935, U.S. critic, author, and professor of drama.
4. Howard H(enry), Jr., born 1925, U.S. politician: senator 1967–85.
5. Dame Janet, born 1933, English mezzo-soprano.
6. Josephine, 1906–75, French entertainer, born in the U.S.
7. Newton Diehl [deel] , 1871–1937, U.S. lawyer: Secretary of War 1916–21.
8. Ray Stan⋅nard [stan-erd] (“David Grayson”), 1870–1946, U.S. author.
9. Samuel White, 1821–93, English explorer and colonial administrator: discovered Lake Albert.
10. Mount, a mountain in NW Washington, in the Cascade Range: highest peak, 10,750 ft. (3277 m).
11. a town in central Louisiana. 12,865.
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Baker, Sir Samuel White 1821-1893.  
British explorer who founded a settlement at Ceylon (1848), explored the Blue Nile region (1861-1862), and discovered Lake Albert (1864).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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