| RefNo | MM/11/48 | 
| Level | Item | 
| Title | Extract from the Will of Henry Baker | 
| Date | 1774 | 
| Description | Bequeathing to the Royal Society, "...one hundred pounds the Interest whereof I direct to be applied for an oration or discourse to be read or spoken yearly by some one of the Fellows of that Society". 
 As a result of this, the Bakerian Lecture was established.
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| Extent | 4 sides | 
| Format | Manuscript | 
| AccessStatus | Open | 
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates | 
| NA6218 | Baker; Henry (1698 - 1774); naturalist and poet | 1698 - 1774 |