George Baker (surgeon)

George Baker (1540 – 1600) was an English surgeon notable for writing and translating a number of early medical texts.

In 1574, when he published his first book, Baker was attached to the household of the Earl of Oxford, and the writings of his contemporaries show that he had already attained to considerable practice in London.

Banester of Nottingham speaks of his eminence in Latin verse:— Ergo Bakere tuum superabit sidera nomen, Atque aliqua semper parte superstes eris.

[1] In 1576 Baker published a translation of the Evonymus of Conrad Gessner under the title of The Newe Jewell of Health, wherein is contained the most excellent Secretes of Physicke and Philosophie divided into fower bookes.

He also published two translations of books on general surgery: Guido's Questions, 1579, and Vigo's Chirurgical Works, 1586.