R. G. (Robert George) Baker

Robert George Baker (1788–1878), often published as R. G. Baker, was an English clergyman best remembered for works connected with Fulham, where he is identified in print as the Rev. R. G. Baker, M.A., Vicar.

The books that can be readily confirmed today are A Letter to the Parishioners of Fulham (1849) and The Spiritual Improvement of the Census (1851). Together they suggest an author deeply concerned with the everyday lives of working people. In A Letter to the Parishioners of Fulham, written during a cholera outbreak, he argued for better drainage, water supply, and housing, linking Christian duty with urgent local action.

That makes Baker an interesting figure for modern readers: not just a religious writer, but a clear-eyed voice from nineteenth-century London who wrote about how poverty, disease, and community responsibility were bound together. I couldn't confirm a reliable portrait of him from the sources I found, so no image is included.