Sarah Martha Baker D.Sc. FLS (an haife ta a shekara ta 1887-ta mutu a shekara ta 1917) ta kasance ƙwararren masanin ilmin tsirrai na Ingilishi kuma masanin yanayin ƙasa wanda aka tuna da ita game da karatunta na ruwan ciyawar ruwan kasa da tsarin yanki a gabar teku.

Sarah Martha Baker
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Landan, 4 ga Yuni, 1887
ƙasa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mazauni Ingila
Mutuwa 29 Mayu 1917
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi George Samuel Baker
Ahali Bevan Baker (en) Fassara
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Kwaleji ta Landon 1913) Doctor of Science (en) Fassara
Slade School of Fine Art (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a botanist (en) Fassara, ecologist (en) Fassara, phycologist (en) Fassara da botanical collector (en) Fassara
Employers Jami'ar Kwaleji ta Landon
Imani
Addini Quakers (en) Fassara
Bladderwrack, ko Fucus vesiculosus, na ɗaya daga cikin tsire-tsire masu tsire-tsire da Baker yayi nazari.

Rayuwar farko

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An haife ta a Landan ranar 4 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 1887, ta kasance 'yar Martha Braithwaite Baker da George Samuel Baker kuma ta girma a cikin dangin Quaker tare da kanne biyu, George da Bevan. Kazalika kuma babban gidansu na London dangin suna da gidan ƙasa a Tsibirin Mersea inda Baker ya fara sha'awar tsiren ruwan teku . An ce tana da sha'awar shuke-shuke da furanni tun tana ƙarama. Wani sha'awar shine fasaha kuma tayi karatun taƙaice a Slade School of Art kafin ta koma kimiyya. Wannan horarwar fasaha ta haifar da samar da kwatancin kimiyya mai inganci.

Ilimi da aiki

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Baker ta fara karatu a kwalejin jami'a ta Landan a shekara ta 1906, inda daya daga cikin malamanta shine mai ilmin kimiyar magani Sir William Ramsay, [1] kuma ta sami digiri na farko na Kimiyya tare da karramawa ta farko a shekara ta 1909. Bayan wani ɗan gajeren lokaci a Munich a shekara ta 1910, sai ta koma bincike a fannin ilimin kimiya a London. An bayyana ta gaba ɗaya a matsayin mai kuzari da aiki tuƙuru.

A shekara ta 1912 aka zaba ta don ɗaliban Quain a Botany tare da lacca a Kwalejin Jami'ar. Wannan ya sanya ta cikin yanayin wayewa ta hanyar ƙa'idodin farkon karni na 20. Ba wai kawai Kwalejin Jami'a ta kasance cibiyar farko ta ilimi a cikin Burtaniya da za ta karbi dalibai mata ba, amma daga shekara ta 1890 sashenta na Botany karkashin Farfesa FWOliver ya kasance mai matukar ci gaba. Ya ba mata digirin-digirgir da yawa a fannin ilimin tsirrai, sun ba da adadin mata masu dacewa kuma sun ba da babbar kyautar Quain ga mata kamar ta maza. [2] A cikin shekara ta 1913 Baker ta karɓi digirin digirgir don aiki a kan tasirin formaldehyde akan tsire-tsire masu rai, kuma a cikin shekara ta 1914 an zaɓi ɗan'uwan ƙungiyar Linnaean . A cikin shekara ta 1916 an zabe ta a cikin Majalisar Eungiyar Ilimin Easa ta Biritaniya .

 
Whitecliff Bay, kusa da Bembridge, ya kasance wuri ɗaya don binciken yanki na Baker.

Baker ya kasance daga zamanin da ya fara shiga cikin ilmin halittu [3] lokacin da masu bincike suka fara amfani da gwaji don daukar ilmin halittun fiye da yadda ake bayani kawai. [4] Ba ita kaɗai ba ce za ta yi tunanin bakin teku ya ba da dama mai kyau don nazarin yanayin muhalli. [5] Aikin Baker kan sashin yanki na tsiron teku ya binciko halin da nau'ikan daban daban zasu bunkasa a nesa mai nisa daga alamar igiyar ruwa. Ta yanke shawarar gwadawa ne ko "juriya ta banbanci ga matsi daga matse jiki shine ke tabbatar da yanki a cikin algae ". Ta yi aiki tuƙuru na auna nisan ƙasa a gabar teku, ta tattara samfuran, ta saka su a cikin tuluna da yawa kuma ta "shayar da su ga bushewa". Concarshen nata ya ba da shawarar cewa gasa tsakanin fucaceae daban-daban na da mahimmanci. Wannan ra'ayin ya fita daga yanayin zamani zuwa wani lokaci amma yanzu an yarda dashi a matsayin wani ɓangare na bayanin yankin karba-karba. [6] Wani marubuci ma ya kira ta "annabci". [7] Lokacin da ta fara duba illolin formaldehyde a kan shuke-shuke masu rai hanyoyin gwaji nata sun zama masu rikitarwa da wayewa. Ta ci gaba da nazarin hotunan hotuna kuma tana da niyyar yin ƙarin a wannan fagen da ba ta mutu da ƙuruciya ba.

 
Sarah Martha Baker

A gefen aikinta na kimiyya ta yi aikin son rai ga Society of Friends (Quakers) [8] kuma ana yaba mata da wani zance na ishara da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin kwamitin 'Botanists' na Quaker tapestry [9] wanda ya fito daga rahoton mutuwa na makarantar ta Lahadi tunanin dalibai game da ita. Lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na beganaya ya fara sai ta shiga Detungiyar Ba da Tallafi na Kwalejin Jami'a. [1]

Karshen rayuwa

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Ta mutu a ranar 29 ga watan Mayun shekara ta 1917 kafin ta cika shekaru 30 da haihuwa. Jaridar Times ta yi ikirarin cewa "mutuwar ta kasance saboda aiki fiye da kima". [1] An kafa lambar girmamawa ta tunawa da Sarah M. Baker a Jami'ar Kwalejin Landan a shekara ta 1919 [10] kuma har yanzu ana bayar da ita har wa yau.

Labarai da aka buga

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The standard author abbreviation S.M.Baker is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[12]

A ɓangaren mahaifiyar Braithwaite na Sara Baker, akwai kyakkyawar al'adar shigar Quaker da hidima ciki har da kakanta, da inna. Mahaifinta haifaffen Kanada da dangi da yawa sun shiga aikin injiniya da masana'antu.

Manazarta

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Miss Sarah Martha Baker D.Sc., in The Times, 30 May 1917
  2. Discussing the period 1890-1927, in Peder Anker, Imperial Ecology: Environmental Order in the British Empire, 1895-1945, Harvard UP 2009, p9
  3. Michael Kaiser, Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts, OUP 2011, p179
  4. Michael H. Graham, Joan Parker, Paul K. Dayton, The Essential Naturalist: Timeless Readings in Natural History, University of Chicago, 2011, p299
  5. D.Raffaelli, S.Hawkins, Intertidal Ecology, Springer 2012
  6. U.Sommer, B.Worm, Competition and Coexistence, Springer 2012
  7. D.Raffaelli, S.Hawkins, Intertidal Ecology, Springer 2012, quoting and agreeing with Connell (1972)
  8. Annual Monitor for 1918 ...an obituary of members of the Society of Friends...,Gloucester, 1917
  9. "Quaker tapestry botanists panel" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  10. University College London, Calendar 1986-7 p245