1957
Mr. Baker is born in New York City, New York to John Milnes and Virginia Lea Busser Baker.
1971
Mr. Baker receives a degree from Ringerike Realskole in Hønefoss, Norway.
1973
Mr. Baker receives a diploma from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
1980
Mr. Baker graduates cum laude from Middlebury College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in art history.
1983
Mr. Baker becomes academic director of the School for International Training in Ahmedabad, India.
1984
Mr. Baker becomes academic director of the School for International Training in Kathmandu, Nepal.
1985
Mr. Baker receives a Master of Arts in English literature from Lincoln College at Oxford University.
1990
Mr. Baker serves as a study tour leader for academic travel abroad in Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan with the Smithsonian Institute.
1990
Mr. Baker serves as a consultant in Tibetan and Himalayan art for the Togendo collection in Kyoto, Japan.
1990
Mr. Baker becomes a Dean’s Fellow of the Graduate School of Religion at Columbia University.
1993
Mr. Baker becomes a consultant and partner at Lotus Energy Solar Energy Solutions in Kathmandu, Nepal.
1993
Mr. Baker begins his career as an author and photographer.
1997
Mr. Baker authors “The Tibetan Art of Healing,” published by Thames & Hudson Ltd.
2000
Mr. Baker becomes a founding partner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary in Koh Samui, Thailand.
2006
Mr. Baker serves as a Tibet travel expert for National Geographic Expeditions of National Geographic Partners, LLC.
2006
Mr. Baker serves as an instructor in the Department of Buddhist Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
2010
Mr. Baker receives a Master of Philosophy in medical anthropology from University College London.
2015
Mr. Baker curates the “Tibet’s Secret Temple” exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, England.
2018
Mr. Baker co-curates “The Art and Science of Tantric Buddhism” exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England.
2018
Mr. Baker becomes Ph.D. candidate and research associate in the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.