Canon Robert Baker Girdlestone (1836--1923) was an Anglican priest, first principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and Hebrew scholar, best known for his reference work "Synonyms of the Old Testament".
Canon Robert Baker Girdlestone (1836--1923) was an Anglican minister of St. John's in Downshire Hill, Hampstead. A Hebrew scholar and head of the translation department of the British and Foreign Bible Society, he is best known for his reference work "Synonyms of the Old Testament".