Anne Baker (biographer)
Anne Baker MBE | |
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Born | Anne Salmond 14 May 1914 |
Education | Wirral Grammar School for Girls |
Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Writer, fundraiser |
Spouse |
Valentine Baker (before 1979) |
Children | 5 |
Parent |
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Anne Baker
née
Salmond; born 14 May 1914) is a British writer of historical biographies and fundraiser.
Biography
Baker was born Anne Salmond just before the outbreak of
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) at the charity's Salisbury fundraising branch on 28 April 2017 for more than 50 years of volunteer work.[3] In July 2019, she continued fundraising at the age of 105.[4]
Baker was awarded an
MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the NSPCC.[1]
Works
- Morning Star (1972), The life of Florence Baker, wife of the explorer Sir Samuel Baker[5]
- Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman
- A Question of Honour (1996), The Fall and Rise of Colonel Valentine Baker
- From Biplane to Spitfire: The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond (2003)
References
- ^ a b "NSPCC charity fundraiser, 107, presented MBE in Salisbury". BBC News. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ Hannah White (21 May 2014). "Happy 100th for Anne". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ Rebecca Hudson (4 May 2017). "Volunteer Anne Baker, 102, receives award for more than 50 years of service to the NSPCC". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ NSPCC's oldest fundraiser, Salisbury's Anne Baker, raises £1,500 with garden party
- ^ "Showing all editions for 'Morning Star: Florence Baker's diary of the expedition to put down the slave trade on the Nile, 1870–1873;'". WorldCat. Retrieved 13 December 2018.