About Joan Bakewell
Joan Bakewell Joan Bakewell

Birthday

1933-04-16

Place of Birth

Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK

Biography

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.