Alfred Baker (academic)

Alfred Baker
Born 1848
Toronto, Canada West
Died October 27, 1942 (aged 93–94)

Alfred Baker (1848 October 27, 1942) was a Canadian academic. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he was its president from 1915 to 1916.[1]

Born in Toronto, of Yorkshire parents, Baker was educated at the Toronto Grammar School and University of Toronto. He was appointed a mathematical tutor in University College, University of Toronto in 1875 and was a registrar in 1880.[2] Baker was a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto and was chair of mathematics from 1887 until 1919.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "[Obituaries]". Nature 150 (3810): 542–542. 1942. doi:10.1038/150542b0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  2. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Wikisource link to Baker, Alfred, M. A.". The New Student's Reference Work. I. Chicago: F.E. Compton & Company. Wikisource. 1914. Wikisource link [scan]
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
Adolphe-Basile Routhier
President of the Royal Society of Canada
1915–1916
Succeeded by
Archibald Macallum


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