Charles Fuller Baker working at a desk
ID: SIA2010-1584
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Person, candid
Date: May 1927
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 007323, Box 2, Folder: 4
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Image of Charles Fuller Baker (1872-1927) working at his desk in his office at the University of the Philippines. The caption reads, "The Dean in his office, May, 1927."
Subject
- Baker, C. F (Charles Fuller) 1872-1927
- University of the Philippines
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Charles Fuller Baker spent most of his career as a teacher of agronomy and agriculture, but he maintained a steady interest in entomology which he indulged at every opportunity. Trained at Michigan Agricultural College, he taught for several years in Colorado, Alabama, and Missouri before going to California where, in 1903, he obtained an M.S. degree at Stanford. After a brief stay at Pomona College, Baker did further teaching and field work in Cuba and Brazil, returned to Pomona for several more years and, in 1913, became a professor of agriculture at the University of the Philippines. In 1918, he became Dean of that university's College of Agriculture, a post he retained until his death in 1927. While Baker's entomological studies were avocational, he strived to make a significant addition to the United States National Museum, to which his collection passed at his death. This image can be found in a booklet created for his memorial in in 1927.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 007323, Box 2, Folder: 4
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
May 1927
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Botany
- Universities and colleges
- Entomologists
- Photographs
- Botanists
Form/Genre
- Person, candid
- Photographic print
ID Number
SIA2010-1584
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 3w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Document