Author:David Erskine Baker

David Erskine Baker
(1730–1767)

Works

• The Muse of Ossian (1763)
• Companion to the Play House (1764), in 2 vols.
• Biographia Dramatica (1812), in 4 vols., edited by Isaac Reed - a revised edition of "Companion to the Playhouse" (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3, 4)

Contributions to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

• "XII. Some account of a curious Tripos and inscription found near Turin, serving to discover the true situation of the ancient City Industria" in Philosophical Transactions, 43, pp. 540–549
• "XX. A letter from Mr. David-Erskine Baker to the President, concerning the property of water ests in slipping off their skins as serpents do" in Philosophical Transactions, 44, pp. 529–534
• "III. A letter from Mr. David Erskin Baker to Martin Folkes Esq; Pr. R. S. Containing considerations on two extraordinary Belemnitæ" in Philosophical Transactions, 45, pp. 598–601
• "[[Philosophical Transactions/Volume 46/X. Extract of letter from Mr. William Arderon F. R. S. To Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. containing an account of a dwarf; together with a comparison of his dimensions with those of a child under Four Years old; by David Erskine Baker|X. Extract of letter from Mr. William Arderon To Mr. Henry Baker containing an account of a dwarf; together with a comparison of his dimensions with those of a child under Four Years old]]" in Philosophical Transactions, 46, pp. 467–470
• "LXXV. An account of an earthquake felt at York on the 19th April 1754. In a letter from Mr. David Erskine Baker to Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S" in Philosophical Transactions, 48, pp. 564–566

Translations

• 'The Maid the Mistress ("La Serva Padrona") (1763)

Works about Baker

• "Baker, David Erskine," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.