Joan Bakewell
The Baroness Bakewell | |
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Bakewell in 2018 | |
| Born | Joan Dawson Rowlands 16 April 1933 |
| Education | Newnham College, Cambridge (BA) |
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| Years active | 1965–present |
| Employer | BBC |
| Title | President of Birkbeck, University of London |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell (née Rowlands; born 16 April 1933), 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 received a Humanist of the Year award for services to humanism.