Benjamin Baker (1840 - 1907)

Benjamin Baker

Name:	Benjamin Baker
Born on	31 March 1840 in Frome, Somerset, South West England, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Deceased on	19 May 1907 in Pangbourne, Berkshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Education:	Apprentice at the ironworks Price & Fox, Neath Abbey (South Wales)
1862 - 1898	Works in John Fowler's office; Directs the construction of the London underground
1867	Refitting work on three Telford Bridges: Menai Straits Bridge, Buildwas Bridge, and the Severn River Bridge near Gloucester; Cooperation on the Encyclopedia Britannica
1882 - 1890	Designs the Firth of Forth Bridge with John Fowler; Asswan Dam on the Nile

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:

Baker, Benjamin Bridging the Firth of Forth (IV), in "Engineering", 19 August 1887; pp. 210
Baker, Benjamin Bridging the Firth of Forth (III), in "Engineering", 12 August 1887; pp. 170-1
Baker, Benjamin Bridging the Firth of Forth (I), in "Engineering", 29 July 1887; pp. 116
Baker, Benjamin Bridging the Firth of Forth (II), in "Engineering", 5 August 1887; pp. 148
Baker, Benjamin Bridging the Firth of Forth (V), in "Engineering", 26 August 1887; pp. 238

Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA), ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 118-22
Marrey, Bernard Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles (1^st edition), Picard Editeur, Paris (France), ISBN 2708404016, 1990; pp. 304
Ricken, Herbert Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 210
Whyte, Iain Boyd & Macdonald, Angus J. John Fowler, Benjamin Baker Forth Bridge, Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3930698188, 1997