Rupert BakerRupert Baker

Rupert joined the Royal Society in 1997, and is the Library Manager. His responsibilities include the development of the printed book collections, reader services and enquiry work, and tours of the Society’s home in Carlton House Terrace. Rupert studied physics at the University of Exeter, and then went on to complete an MA in Information Services Management.


‘Donati's Comet, 1858’: frontispiece to 'Sun, Moon and Stars: Astronomy for Beginners' by Agnes Giberne (London, 1910), an astronomical text-book for children.

Watch the skies!

15 February 2013 by

Well, today is certainly a lively day in the heavens, what with meteors over Russia and the close approach of…

Love and particles

6 February 2013 by

What do the following have in common: the nightmares of Stalin and the Queen of Sheba; a global disaster caused…

Season’s greetings

21 December 2012 by

A very Merry Christmas to all our readers! We hope you’ll be warmer and better-provisioned than the travellers in the…

A star-crossed astronomer

12 December 2012 by

You may be familiar with our ‘Fellows in Fiction‘ loan collection in the Library, which focuses on books showing real…