Prof. H. Brereton Baker

Abstract

ON the occasion of his seventieth birthday, Prof. H. Brereton Baker and Mrs. Baker were, on June 25, entertained at dinner at the Imperial College of Science and Technology by a number of colleagues and former pupils. The rector of the Imperial College, Mr. H. T. Tizard, presided, and the company included distinguished representatives of those who had been associated with Prof. Baker's work at Dulwich College, at the University of Oxford, and at the Imperial College, London. Ave was, however, accompanied by Vale, for at the end of the present academic year Prof. Baker retires from the directorship of the Chemistry Department of the Imperial College and from his chair of chemistry in the University of London; fortunately, however, Prof. Baker will continue actively to prosecute his researches, and will occupy accommodation which has been placed at his disposal for that purpose by the College. Tribute was paid to Prof. Baker's work, both for chemical science and for the institutions with which he has been associated, by Mr. Tizard, Mr. B. T. Lattey, Mr. D. L. Chapman, and Prof. H. E. Armstrong. During the evening an inscribed album was presented to Prof. Baker, and Mrs. Baker was asked to accept a piece of jewellery; decision regarding the nature of the principal gift awaits the intimation of Prof. Baker's wishes. It is known, however, that Prof. Baker, whose interest in the establishment of the College hostel has resulted in so marked a development in the ‘students social life, is anxious to commemorate his association with the Imperial College by placing a clock in the quadrangle, and intends to devote the major part of the presentation fund to that purpose.