American botanist (1868-1961).
Milo Samuel Baker (July 19, 1868 – January 4, 1961) was an American botanist, specializing in plants of the northern coastal region of California, as well as the genus Viola. In 1875 Milo Samuel Baker moved with his family to Tehama County, California. After graduating from secondary school in San Jose, he became a school teacher in Santa Clara County and Modoc County. He studied from 1891 to 1892 at Stanford University. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1895. He taught from 1901 to 1906 at San Francisco's Lowell High School. Afte