Howard Wilson Baker, Jr (April 5, 1905 – July 25, 1990) was an American poet, dramatist, and literary critic.
While pursuing graduate studies in English at Stanford University, he befriended Yvor Winters, and was co-editor of the literary magazine The Gyroscope.
After earning his master's degree, he moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne.
In addition to collaborating with his wife, Baker produced poetry collections of his own, including Letter from the Country (1941) and Ode to the Sea (1954), as well as a collection of essays on ancient Greek culture, Persephone's Cave: Cultural Accumulations of the Early Greeks (1979).
Baker died from cancer in Porterville, California on Wednesday, July 25, 1990.