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Ezekiel Alexander Baker (1823–1912)
Ezekiel Alexander Baker (1823-1912), politician, was born at Middlesex, England, son of Ezekiel John Baker, firearms manufacturer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Burgess. He was trained in his father's business, which had contracts with the East India Co. and the Board of Ordnance; he also studied mineralogy and mining. In 1853 he emigrated to New South Wales as mineralogist to an English company that failed after prospecting for gold in the Tamworth district. Baker then prospected for himself at various...