Baker, Ernest

Ernest Albert Baker, climber and cave explorer. Caved with H E Balch and Harry Savory.

Explored Swildons Hole in 1904 with Balch.

Published the following books:

MOORS, CRAGS AND CAVES OF THE HIGH PEAK AND NEIGHBOURHOOD by Ernest A Baker, Haywood 1903. Facsimile edition by Halsgrove 2002

THE NETHERWORLD OF MENDIP, Explorations of the Great Caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire and elsewhere. By Ernest Baker and Herbert Balch - 1907.

CAVING / Episodes of Underground Exploration by E A Baker 1932 reprinted 1935 and 1970 252 pp over 70 photos. Classic account of cave exploration in Britain, France and Belgium.

THE BRITISH HIGHLANDS with Rope & Rucksack. By Ernest A Baker Baker was a contemporary of the Abraham brothers with whom he climbed on occasions. He was also one of the party who made the first ascent of the Ben Nuis Chimney on Arran in 1901, a route not repeated for over fifty years.

The History of the English Novel/Ernest A. Baker. New Delhi, Radha, 2007, 10 Vols., 3394 p., $285 (set). ISBN 81-7487-465-8.