Irene Baker (née Williams, 1918 – November 6, 1989) was an American botanist who collaborated with her husband Herbert G. Baker to research pollination biology, the composition of nectar and study its ecological, evolutionary and taxonomic qualities.
[1] She completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Wales in Cardiff where she studied zoology and mathematics.
[1] In 1957 Herbert accepted a position with the University of California, Berkeley and again Baker accompanied her husband.
Baker went on to publish methodological papers on some of these techniques and contributed to compendia of practical pollination biology.
[1] In undertaking this work, Baker helped open up new areas of research into pollination biology.