| Authorised form of name | Baker; Sir; Benjamin (1840 - 1907) |
| Dates | 1840 - 1907 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Keyford, Frome, Somerset, England |
| Date of birth | 31 March 1840 |
| Place of death | Bowden Green, Pangbourne |
| Date of death | 19/05/1907 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Idbury, near Chipping Norton |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Activity | Career:
Joined staff of Sir John Fowler, becoming a partner (1875); involved in constructing the Metropolitan Railway, London (1861) and the District Railway (1869); the firm were Consulting Engineers to the first underground railways in London; constructed the Forth Bridge (1882-1890); Baker designed the Aswan Dam (1898-1902) and Assyut Dam; designed Avonmouth dock; died of syncope
Honours:
KCMG 1890; KCB 1902
Memberships:
MICE; ASME (Honorary); Society of Engineers (Honorary); Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (Honorary)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1890 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1906-1907 |
| Relationships | Son of Benjamin Baker and Sarah Hollis; unmarried |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1910-1911 vol 84 pp i-xi signed by W C U |
| Code | NA6909 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1890/02 | Baker, Sir Benjamin: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/29/787 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Benjamin Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 December 1904 |
| NLB/21/371 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Benjamin Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 November 1900 |
| NLB/26/648 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Sir Benjamin Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 May 1903 |
| NLB/28/139 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Benjamin Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 January 1904 |
| NLB/35/349 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to The Editor "The Times" | 22 May 1907 |
| NLB/35/350 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 22 May 1907 |
| RR/11/234 | Referee's report by Benjamin Baker, on a paper 'On the three-bar motion of watt' by William Brennand | 24 January 1893 |
| NLB/28/115 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Benjamin Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 January 1904 |
| NLB/33/716 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to; Augustus Desire Waller, Lord Avebury [John Lubbock], Sir Benjamin Baker, Dr Henry Frederick Baker, Professor David Ferrier, Professor Sydney John Hickson, Dr A Scott, Mr Albert Charles Seward, Professor William Johnson Sollas, and Professor Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Fellows of the Royal Society | 26 October 1906 |
| AP/73/1 | Unpublished paper, 'On some recent investigations in connection with the electro-deposition of metals' by T C Graham | 27 October 1896 |
| AP/73/1/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On some recent investigations in connection with the electro-deposition of metals' by T C Graham | 27 October 1896 |
| MC/19/34 | Letter from [Benjamin] Baker, 2 Queen Square Place, Queen Anne's Mansions, Westminster, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 8 January 1904 |
| MC/19/35 | Letter from [Benjamin] Baker, 2 Queen Square Place, Queen Anne's Mansions, Westminster, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 March 1904 |
| MC/19/36 | Letter from [Benjamin] Baker, 2 Queen Square Place, Queen Anne's Mansion, Westminster, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 12 December 1904 |
| MC/19 | Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1904 |