Gladys Elizabeth Baker
Gladys Elizabeth Baker was an American mycologist, teacher, and botanical illustrator, known for her extensive work in biological and mycological education, and the morphological study of myxomycete fructifications . She further contributed studies to the Island Ecosystems Integrated Research Program of the U. S. International Biological Program .
Baker was born on July 22, 1908, in Iowa City, Iowa to Richard Phillip Baker of England and Katherine Riedelbauch of the United States . Gladys mother was of German descent and taught music at Lamar College in Missouri, living in a boardinghouse. Here she met Gladys father teaching secondary school and music while preparing for the bar exam. In 1901, Katherine and Richard both left Lamar College for Anna Illinois Academy, later marrying on February 22, 1902 in Glasford, Illinois . Richard Baker constructed a business making and marketing threedimensional mathematical models. In 1905, Richard began teaching mathematics at the University of Iowa while pursuing both a physics and mathematics doctorate at the University of Chicago. Katherine cared for their two daughters, Gladys and Frances, kept a garden of flowers, and maintained the artistically and musically enriched living environment of the Baker household. Gladys referred to her sheltered, yet intellectually stimulating childhood wi
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