Joan Bakewell

Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, DBE, HonFBA, is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. Baroness Bakewell is President of Birkbeck, University of London; she is also an author and playwright, and has been awarded Humanist of the year for services to humanism.

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• Born16 April 1933 (age 92)
• Place of BirthStockport, Cheshire, England, UK