William Baker (headmaster)

(18 December 1841, in Reigate – 1910) was headmaster at Merchant Taylors' School (MTS) for three decades.

Baker matriculated on 25 June 1860 at St John's College, Oxford and received there B.A.

[1] He was headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School from 1870 to 1900[2] and became prebendary at St Paul's Cathedral in 1880.

[1] During his tenure as headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School, chemistry and physics were introduced into the curriculum, and a new science building was completed in 1891.

Many of the textbook's exercises are derived from Baker's "solutions" to the University of Oxford's scholarship examinations in verse composition.