author
R. G. (Robert George) Baker
1788–1878
A long-serving Anglican clergyman in 19th-century London, he wrote practical, public-minded religious works tied closely to parish life in Fulham. His surviving books suggest an author concerned with how faith should meet everyday social realities.
2 Audiobooks
The Spiritual Improvement of the Census A Sermon, Preached in the Parish Church of All Saints, Fulham, 30th March, 1851
by R. G. (Robert George) Baker
A Letter to the Parishioners of Fulham
by R. G. (Robert George) Baker
About the author
Born in 1788 and living until 1878, Robert George Baker is best remembered as an English churchman and religious writer rather than as a literary figure in the usual sense. Project Gutenberg credits him as R. G. (Robert George) Baker, and the works currently associated with him include A Letter to the Parishioners of Fulham and The Spiritual Improvement of the Census.
The title page of The Spiritual Improvement of the Census identifies him as Vicar of Fulham, Rural Dean, and Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral. That helps place his writing in context: it was shaped by pastoral work, public preaching, and the social questions facing Victorian London.
A family-history source also describes him as the Rev. Robert George Baker (1788–1878) and notes his long life in the church. Taken together, the available sources portray him as a steady, civic-minded cleric whose published work grew directly out of his responsibilities to parishioners and the wider church.