Joan Bakewell

The Right Honourable The Baroness Bakewell DBE HonFBA FRSA
Bakewell in 2018
Born	Joan Dawson Rowlands (1933-04-16) 16 April 1933 (age 91) Heaton Moor, England
Education	Newnham College, Cambridge (BA)
Occupations	TV presenter newsreader journalist
Years active	1965–present
Employer	BBC
Title	President of Birkbeck, University of London
Political party	Labour
Spouses	Michael Bakewell ​ ​ (m. 1955; div. 1972)​ Jack Emery ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 2001)​
Children	2

Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, DBE, HonFBA, FRSA (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.