He became very adept at manual work and harboured a lifelong belief in its value. As a very young child he was attracted to gardening and, since the family's Beacon Hill home was surrounded by a wood, he began to explore the forest at a fairly early age. Baker was descended from lines of farmers, parsons and evangelists, with the occasional adventurer amongst his forebears as well. Besides these two brothers, Baker had three sisters, the eldest, Charlotte Martha b. Barbe Baker, followed Baker to Canada, applied for a neighbouring homestead and applied for work in Electrical Engineering working on Saskatoon's early electrical streetcars until World War I broke out. He was born on 9 October 1889 in West End, Hampshire, to John Richard St. As a leader, he founded an organisation, Men of the Trees, still active today as the International Tree Foundation, whose many chapters carry out reforestation internationally. F.I.A.L., ., ACF (9 October 1889 – 9 June 1982) was an English biologist and botanist, environmental activist and author, who contributed greatly to worldwide reforestation efforts. Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan (1971)
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