Fire of London
Fire of London A major fire that devastated London in September 1666. The fire began in a baker's shop and, fanned by an east wind, raged for four days, destroying 87 churches, including St Paul's, and more than 13,000 houses mostly built from wood. It was stopped by blowing up buildings in its path. There are eyewitness accounts in the diaries of Samuel
PEPYS and John
EVELYN. Plans for a modern city with wide streets and squares were abandoned, but Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt St Paul's and a number of other churches and public buildings, and designed the Monument (1677), which commemorates the fire.
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Great hunters in history: Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893).(The Sports Afield Almanac)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) was one of the greatest...opinions of the trade." In truth, as Baker would later reflect, "this weapon...breaking them by flexing his muscles. Baker even spanked a future king of England...
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What am I bid for this Lady? Frances Wilson on a 'novelisation' of the true story of how a Victorian explorer met his wife at a slave auction
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...0870 155 7222 SIR SAMUEL BAKER met his future wife at a white slave auction...for her, but Baker, who took a fancy...harem; which, Baker was mildly disappointed...convent. Sam Baker was a middle...In 1869 the Bakers were off again...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/14/1994; 520 words
; ...and cookery books, 1836; Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton...philosopher, 1883; William Hale White ('Mark Rutherford...choreographer, 1976; Sir Huw Pyrs Wheldon, broadcaster...discovered and named by Sir Samuel Baker, 1864; the first production...
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Counterpart wife Clementine. (excerpt from 'Wer pa Lawino') (poem)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...I was a student in Gulu High School (before going to Sir Samuel Baker School) we were told in no uncertain terms by our English...now addressing not only Clementina the ape, but the white woman and man who had destroyed the pride of the Acholi...
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 "Herald Express (Torquay UK)")
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Quality and quantity ; Eminently desirable, behind the Georgian facade of this quality home is a contemporary home of enormous style, yet which has skilfully retained all the character and ambience of its period.
Newspaper article from: Herald Express (Torquay UK); 3/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...in subsequent years, owned by the celebrated explorer Sir Samuel Baker, and a visitor to the house was General Gordon before...facilities if required. A separate bathroom/wc has a white suite of a deep panelled bath, double shower cubicle...
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Old pottery makes fine figures
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Staffordshire and related ware as "Sir Richard and Lady Burton, alternatively, Sir Samuel White Baker and Lady Baker". Both Burton and Baker were intrepid explorers in...to be the Burtons than the Bakers. Although there is some restoration...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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A hunger for life that survives all.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 4/5/2005; 700+ words
; ...the tough skin of the penguin." Sir Samuel White Baker took wife Florence along as he sought...towards the hut where I led left Mrs Baker. Everyone was squeezing for the...it." In 1855 the great explorer Sir Richard Burton was attacked by Somalis...
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HISTORIC MAP EXHIBITION, LECTURE SET ON EXPLORING AFRICA, APRIL 15
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...journeys of missionary David Livingstone, adventurer Sir Richard Francis Burton and journalist Henry Morton Stanley...most noted European explorers in Africa, including Sir Samuel White Baker, Heinrich Barth, James Bruce, Ren Cailli, Mungo...
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BOOK OF THE WEEK: 'INTO AFRICA'
News Wire article from: United Press International; 4/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...was possible." The British sent Sir Samuel White Baker to blaze a trail through the jungle...enduring black ants, red ants, white ants, wasps, flies, centipedes...hair and beard turned completely white. What people did not know was that...
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Book of the Week: 'Into Africa'.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 4/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...was possible." The British sent Sir Samuel White Baker to blaze a trail through the jungle...enduring black ants, red ants, white ants, wasps, flies, centipedes...hair and beard turned completely white. What people did not know was that...
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Sir Samuel White Baker
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Samuel White Baker Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893...in the southern Sudan. Samuel Baker was born in London...up the Nile to Berber, Baker spent a year wandering...Arriving at Gondokoro, the Bakers met the British explorers...
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Baker, Sir Samuel White
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Baker, Sir Samuel White (1821–93) British explorer who traced the Nile tributaries in Ethiopia (1861–62). In 1864, despite the opposition of Arab slave traders, he located the Nile source in Lake Albert Nyanza.
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Kaye, Danny
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...film debut in Up in Arms for Samuel Goldwyn; 1945—inaugurated...Staub—short); White Christmas (Curtiz) (as Phil...Pfc. Ernest Williams/Gen. Sir Lawrence Mackenzie-Smith...Biography 1952, New York, 1952. Baker, P., "Kaye Dreams Are Hard...
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