Elizabeth Baker

Elizabeth Baker (c. 1720 – c. 1797) was an English secretary, diarist, and amateur geologist.

Life Baker was from the English Midlands, where her father was a minister. She lived for a time in Coventry, Warwickshire.

She moved to Wales in 1770 to prospect for metals in the Dolgellau area of Merionethshire, but did not have the financial support of her partners to be able to complete the endeavour. She obtained a position with Hugh Vaughan (Hugh Vaughan was the great-great grandson of antiquary Robert Vaughan.)

Correspondence that was archived with her diaries show that she was alive until 1797. She is believed to be the Elizabeth Baker who was buried in Dolgellau in 1799. Identified as Mrs. Baker, her papers and diaries from the period from 1740 to 1798 were archived at the National Library of Wales.