Alfred Baker (1848 – October 27, 1942) was a

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academic. A Fellow of the

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, he was its president from 1915 to 1916.

Biography

Born in

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, of Yorkshire parents, Baker was educated at the Toronto Grammar School and

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. He was appointed a mathematical tutor in

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in 1875 and was a registrar in 1880. Baker was a professor of mathematics at the

and was chair of mathematics from 1887 until 1919.

References

1848 births 1942 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada University of Toronto alumni Academic staff of the University of Toronto {{Canada-academic-bio-stub