Charles Baker (instructor)

He then tried other employment, but his services were again sought by the committee of the institution, when in a difficulty on the failure of their Swiss-born master to control the pupils.

William Fenton, in company with whom he visited all the large towns of the county, and obtained such support as justified the carrying out of the scheme.

Baker also wrote for the Penny Cyclopædia various topographical articles, and those on the Instruction of the Blind, Dactylology, Deaf and Dumb, George Dalgamo, and the Abbé Sicard.

He was an active worker in connection with the local institutions of Doncaster, and was a member of the committee for the establishment of a public free library for the town.

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