Authorised form of name | Baker; Sir; Benjamin (1840 - 1907); civil engineer |
Dates | 1840 - 1907 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Keyford, Frome, Somerset, England |
Date of birth | 31 March 1840 |
Place of death | Bowden Green, Pangbourne, England |
Date of death | 19/05/1907 |
Dates and places | Burial: Idbury, near Chipping Norton Memorial Window: North aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Occupation | civil engineer |
Research field | Civil engineering |
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 |
Age at election | 50 |
Proposer | David Edward Hughes |
William Henry Preece |
John Fletcher Moulton |
Frederick Augustus Abel |
Thomas Hawksley |
Frederick Bramwell |
James Dewar |
James Thomson |
William Thomson |
William Robert Grove |
John Gray McKendrick |
Robert Grant |
James Thomson Bottomley |
Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles: VP 1906-1907 |
Relationships | Parents: Benjamin Baker and Sarah Hollis |
General context | Helped develop the underground railway system of London. Helped design and build the first Aswan dam. Helped design the vessel for the transportation of Cleopatra's Needle from Egypt to England. Expert witness at the public inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster. |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1910-1911 vol 84 pp i-xi signed by W C U |
Royal Society code | NA6909 |
Reference number | 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 |
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 |
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/19/35 | 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/19/34 | 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/26/160 | Letter from [Ernest R] Matthews, Borough Engineer, Borough of Bridlington, Town Hall, Bridlington, to Sir Joseph Larmor, [Secretary] of the Royal Society, Burlington House, S.W | 18 January 1911 |
MC/19 | Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1904 |
MC/22 | Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1907 |
MC/22/479 | Letter from William Cawthorne Unwin, Palace Gate Mansions, 29 Palace Gate, Kensington, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison | 14 June 1907 |
MC/22/480 | Letter from William Cawthorne Unwin, Palace Gate Mansions, 29 Palace Gate, Kensington, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison | 1 July 1907 |