edwin baker

Edwin Albert Baker, CC, OBE, MC, Croix de Guerre, BSc, LLD, (1893 - April 7, 1968) was a Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). Born near Kingston, Ontario, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Queen's University in 1914. In 1914, he enlisted with the Sixth Field Company, Canadian Engineers. In 1915, he was wounded in France, losing the sight of both eyes. In 1918, he and 6 others founded the CNIB. He was the managing director from 1920 until his retirement in 1962. He married Jessie Robinson. They had three sons and a daughter.

Honours

In 1935, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
In 1938, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen's University, and in 1945, the same from the University of Toronto.
In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Related book

No compromise : the story of Colonel Baker and the CNIB by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell (1965)

References

Baker, Edwin Baker, Edwin Baker, Edwin Baker, Edwin

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