D402 - Baker, Samuel John Kenneth - 1884-1989

This collection is comprised of the papers of Samuel John Kenneth Baker. This includes personal records such as correspondence and records relating to S. J. K. Baker's education. It also includes lectures given by Baker, reviews and publications, both by Baker and by other geography academics. There...

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Main Creator: Baker, Samuel
Archive level description: Sub-sub fonds
Physical Description:11 boxes, 7 lantern slide boxes and one oversize item.
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Summary:This collection is comprised of the papers of Samuel John Kenneth Baker. This includes personal records such as correspondence and records relating to S. J. K. Baker's education. It also includes lectures given by Baker, reviews and publications, both by Baker and by other geography academics. There are papers relating to organisations that Baker was a member of and and extensive collection of photographs, lantern slides and glass negatives.
Date:1884-1989
Reference Number:D402
Arrangement:
  • D402/1 Personal Papers
  • D402/2 Lectures
  • D402/3 Publications
  • D402/4 Reviews
  • D402/5 Organisations
  • D402/6 Press Cuttings
  • D402/7 Photographs
  • D402/8 Travel Brochures
  • D402/9 Transparencies
  • D402/10 Lantern Slides
  • D402/11 Glass Negatives
Custodial History:All papers were collected and donated by Professor Baker.
Related Material:D376/14Papers relating to Professor S. J. K. Baker are held at the University of Liverpool.
Biographical/Administrative Information:Samuel John Kenneth Baker came to Liverpool as an undergraduate in 1924 to study Geography under Percy M. Roxby. After graduating with First Class Honours in 1927 , Kenneth Baker was awarded a scholarship combined with a post as part-time tutor in the Liverpool Department of Geography. This led to a Master's Degree in 1931 and a lectureship on the staff of the department, a position which he held until his resignation in 1946. A period of study leave in 1933 gave the young graduate his first sight of East Africa. He had already compiled a population map of Uganda and presented a paper on population geography to the British Association's Bristol meeting in 1930. After his return to this country, in 1934, the results of further studies were shown in papers read at meetings of the British Association in Aberdeen and the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences in London Kenneth Baker's researches continued throughout his career at Liverpool University, and after reading the Report of the Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies (1945), he applied for a tutorship at Makerere College, Uganda, with the result that 1946 saw him travelling up the Nile to take up his appointment. In 1949, as a significant step in the development of education in East Africa, Makerere entered into the special relationship with the University of London through which it became known as the University College of East Africa At this stage he became the first professor of geography at Makerere. Kenneth Baker's contribution to the work at Makerere was acknowledged by his appointment as Vice-principal of the College from 1965 to 1967. In July 1972 the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters was conferred on Samuel John Kenneth Baker by the University of Liverpool. On 1 July 1983 the University of Bradford followed this example and awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science.