Background
Baker, Laurence Rainald Ian was born on July 4, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England. Son of Albert Edward Rainald Victor and Katharine (Masterson) Baker.
Baker, Laurence Rainald Ian was born on July 4, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England. Son of Albert Edward Rainald Victor and Katharine (Masterson) Baker.
BChir, Cambridge University, 1963. Bachelor of Medicine, Cambridge University, 1964. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1965.
Doctor of Medicine, Cambridge University, 1970.
House physician Professorial Medical Unit, Westminster Hospital, London, 1964. Senior house officer medical unit Warwick Hospital, 1965. Registrar, tutor in medicine Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1965—1969.
Clinical research fellow St. Mary's Hospital, 1969—1971. Consultant physician, nephrologist St. Bartholomew's Hospital, since 1971, physician-in-charge department nephrology, since 1982. Director Smithfield Renal Unit, since 1982, postgraduate dean, clinical tutor, since 1982.
Chairman City & Hackney Health District Medical Division, 1979—1981. Fellow: Royal College of Surgeons (London), Royal Society Medicine (secretary section medicine, experimental medicine & therapeutics 1975-1977). Member: International Society Nephrology, Renal Association European Society Dialysis, Transplantation & Nephrology, Medical Research Society, Master Control Console (London), Savage.
Married Alice Irene Howson, February 6, 1965. Children: Christopher Stephen, Rainald, Rupert Laurence, Imogen Claire, Katharine Henrietta.