![]() ![]() He was later (1932) appointed the parliamentary private secretary to Arthur Henderson, chairman of the World Disarmament Conference convened in Geneva in 1932. In 1926 he wrote two books, The League of Nations at Work, and Disarmament, which earned him a reputation as an expert on disarmament. He was elected to Parliament from Coventry in 1929, serving two years. In 1924, Noel-Baker became Sir Ernest Cassell Professor of international relations at the University of London. During this time, he became associated with Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian explorer and humanitarian, who became known for his work on behalf of war refugees. He was later named chief assistant to the secretary-general of the League, Eric Drummond, until 1922. They eventually had one child, Francis, a son born in 1920.Īfter the war, Noel-Baker was an assistant to Robert Cecil at the Paris Peace Conference and he helped draft the Covenant of the League of Nations. In 1915, Philip Baker married Irene Noel, and would eventually take her name, being known as Philip Noel-Baker from the late thirties onward. He was later an adjutant in a British ambulance unit in Italy, and earned the British Silver Medal for Military Valor, and the Italian War Cross. ![]() As a Quaker pacifist, he rejected combat service in World War I, but commanded the Friends' Ambulance Corps, serving at the front in France, and earning decorations for valor. In the 1,500 metres, he ran well, but was narrowly beaten by his teammate, Albert Hill, and earned a silver medal.īaker's fame came from his career after sports. He qualified for the semi-finals, but did not start in that round. At Antwerp in 1920, Baker again ran in the 800 metres. Jackson won the gold medal, and Baker finished sixth. In the 1,500 metres, he qualified for the final, but sacrificed his own chances to pace his teammate, Arnold Jackson. At Stockholm, he failed to survive the first round of the 800 metres. He ran three times at the AAA Championships, finishing fifth in the 1910 mile, fourth in the 1911 mile, and participating on the winning medley relay team in 1920.īaker eventually ran for Great Britain at the 19 Olympic Games. At the Cambridge University AC sports days, he won the mile in 1910 and both the half-mile and mile in 19. For Cambridge he won the 880 yards against Oxford in 1910, 1911, and 1912, and the mile in 19. He represented Haverford in the IC4A championships in 1907, finishing fifth in the 880 yards. with honors from Cambridge in 1913.īaker ran for Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Athletic Club. He returned to England to earn his degrees from King's College, Cambridge, earning honors in history (1910) and economics (1912). Philip Baker attended the Bootham School in York, after which he spent several years at a Quaker school in Philadelphia, Haverford College. Thus, his upbringing gave him exposure to both politics and peaceful ways. In London, Joseph Baker became a member of the London County Council and later served in the House of Commons on the Liberal ticket, beginning in 1905. His parents moved to England when his father, Joseph Allen Baker, was asked to establish a British branch of his father's engineering business. ![]() Philip John Baker was born in London on 1 November 1889, one of seven children of Canadian-born parents. ![]()
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