BAKER, GEORGE PIERCE (1866-1935), American edu cator, was born at Providence (R.I. ), on April 4, 1866. He graduated from Harvard in 1887, and from 1905 to 1924 was professor of English there. His courses dealing with the theory of the drama were highly successful, and his famous laboratory, known as the "47 Workshop," afforded practical training for his students. He gave a course at the Sorbonne in Paris (19o7–o8) on the development of the English drama. In 1925 he became head of the department of dramatic art, School of the Fine Arts, Yale university. His works include : The Development of Shake speare as a Dramatist (1907); Dramatic Technique (1919) ; and Modern American Plays, collected and edited with introduction (1920). He died Jan. 6,