In 1777 his patron John Norris died ; but contributions from Etonians helped fund his maintenance at the university, and he found a new patron in Sir George Baker, then president of the College of Physicians.

Out of enthusiasm for the Sherlock Holmes stories, he helped to found the Baker Street Irregulars and wrote the introduction to the standard omnibus edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes.

* Morley helped to found the Baker Street Irregulars, dedicated to the study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

The Zen Center flourished so that in 1966, at the behest and guidance of Suzuki, Zentatsu Richard Baker helped seal the purchase of Tassajara Hot Springs in Los Padres National Forest which they called Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.

Baker helped to construct the 34-nation alliance that fought alongside the United States in the Gulf War.

To promote greater safety in pools and spas, Nancy Baker gave testimony to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and James Baker helped form an advocacy group, which led to the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool And Spa Safety Act ( 15 USC 8001 ).

Baker was named to the school's varsity team at the age of fourteen and helped St. Paul's defeat some of the best prep schools and universities in the United States.

By the time Baker left St. Paul's, his sporting achievements had helped make him one of the school's most popular students.

Baker helped to bring down an enemy plane for the first time in his career on May 21, but due to a complicated system of confirming kills, he was not given credit for it.

On this show ( similar to Barker's Truth or Consequences and Edwards ' This Is Your Life ), he and co-host Art Baker went out to various places in America and surprised the less-fortunate who helped others when they could barely help themselves.

As a member of the famed $ 100, 000 infield, Baker helped the Philadelphia Athletics win the 1910, 1911 and 1913 World Series.

Producer Arthur Baker helped to distribute the record worldwide on Baker's Streetwise Records in 1984.

Redistricting took some Democratic voters out of his district, including part of Pointe Coupee Parish, which helped Baker win against no major-party opposition in 2002 and two weak Democrats in 2004.

As a producer he helped to guide many films that were successful with both critics and movie audiences, such as The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Michael Clayton, a film in which he also starred opposite George Clooney, and for which he received his sixth Academy Award nomination, in the Best Picture category.

Many women were spies for America during World War II, for example the singer Josephine Baker, whose long residency in France helped her form an underground network, and Claire Phillips, a spy in the Philippines ( then occupied by Japan ) who in addition to spying sent aid and supplies to the American POWs ; Claire was tortured, but never admitted to knowing the people in her spy ring, and after the war she was recognized by the American and Philippine governments for her heroism.

When her radio career took off, Baker became Farrell's vocal coach and helped her prepare most of her music.

But ... when I asked the privilege of explaining Osteopathy in Baker University the doors of the structure I helped build were closed against me.

Baker formed a network of people in the south who would go on to be important for the fight for civil rights. Whereas some organizers tended to talk down to rural southerners, Baker ’ s ability to treat everyone with respect helped her in her recruiting.

On June 1, 1867, having returned to Cass County, Baker entered the Rowden general store where he found the store kept by Mrs. Rowden, after which he simply helped himself to whatever he wanted and left without paying.

Emil S. Liston, former Baker basketball, football and baseball coach, helped create the NAIA and the first national basketball tournament.

After Baker departed, he teamed with Ray Allen and Sam Cassell, and helped lead the Bucks to the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals, losing to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Rice's friend and personal lawyer in Houston, James A. Baker, Sr., aided in the discovery of what turned out to be a fake will with a forged signature.

Bates died, but while he was dying he cursed Baker and authorized $ 10, 000 from his estate to be used toward his capture and conviction.

* Samm S. Baker official web page maintained by his estate

Additionally, in October 2008, the four main members of Music Canada were sued by the estate of Chet Baker and several other artists for copyright infringement.

* Sir Samuel White Baker, explorer, big-game hunter, writer and abolitionist, bought the Sandford Orleigh estate in 1874, and died there in 1893.

After Baker ’ s death in 1778, his estate was divided between Leigh and John Sotheby.

The claim for his estate state was put forward by the then remarried widow, Margaret Emerson Baker.

The first five series of Monarch of the Glen told the story of young restaurateur, Archie MacDonald, trying to restore his childhood home in the Scottish Highlands, starring Alastair Mackenzie, Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire and Dawn Steele, whilst the final two series of the show focused on new Laird Paul Bowman trying to modernise the estate, primarily starring Lloyd Owen, Tom Baker, Alexander Morton and Susan Hampshire.

He currently works in real estate in Baker City, Oregon.

A Doctor Who story called the Pyramids of Mars ( featuring Tom Baker ) was filmed at Stargroves, a large estate at the top of East End.

When Baker is late for their date ( sidetracked by meeting an old buddy from America ), Brown accepts Morley's invitation to spend a weekend at his country estate.

Here, he met an estate owner called Alma Baker, who had won concessions from the state government to clear 360 hectares of forests in Perak.

Prof. Robert H. Baker suggested that Lipscomb research the direct preparation of derivatives of alcohols from dilute aqueous solution without first separating the alcohol and water, which led to Lipscomb's first publication.

Crowberry Ridge, a classic rock climb graded severe, was first climbed direct – and photographed – in 1900 by the Abraham brothers with Messrs Puttrell and Baker.

Biographer Susan Baker writes that Hofstadter, " was profoundly influenced by the political Left of the 1930's .... The philosophical impact of Marxism was so intense and direct during Hofstadter's formative years that it formed a major part of his identity crisis ....

Botvin, Baker, Dusenbury, and Goldberg ( 1992 ) did a popular study on the effects of the FCE among a specific adolescent community in an effort to determine whether students show a higher level of FCE among their direct peers as opposed to society at large.

" In 1961, Ella Baker persuaded the SNCC to form two wings: One wing for direct action and the Second wing for voter registration.

Quatermass and the Pit marked the return to directing for the cinema for Roy Ward Baker and he went on to direct such films as The Anniversary ( 1968 ), Moon Zero Two ( 1969 ), The Vampire Lovers ( 1970 ), Scars of Dracula ( 1970 ), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde ( 1971 ) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires ( 1974 ) for Hammer.

Its capture also opened regular use of a second, more direct airlift route, designated Route Baker but unofficially dubbed the " Low Hump ", by C-54s, which had ceiling limitations that precluded flying Route Able ( the High Hump ).

They were direct descendants of the first Khalifa of Islam, Hazrat Abu Baker Al-Siddiq ( R. A ).

Bush ( with the help of Secretary of State James Baker ) called a conference in Madrid, Spain between Israel and the Arab nations " directly involved in the Arab – Israeli conflict ... which ... was to serve only as a preamble to direct bilateral and multilateral talks between Israel and its neighbors ", dubbed the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991.

The Baker Cellar Pipe consists of an smoothbore, straight stream nozzle on the end of a brass pipe 36-inches long or more that can be remotely angled from the floor above by firefighters to direct the stream to the desired cellar location.

Trees for Life is a registered charity based in Findhorn in Scotland, formed in 1989 by Alan Watson Featherstone, as a direct result of the inspiration and example of Richard St. Barbe Baker, the ' Man of the Trees '.

He went on to direct a number of plays ( They say the Owl Once Was the Baker ’ s Daughter ; Three Slaps, Satires from Hekuba, No, Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh ...), and also appeared occasionally as an actor.