Edwin Baker (CNIB), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian blindness activist
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Place of Birth: Collins Bay, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
About Edwin Baker (CNIB)
- Edwin Albert Baker, (January 9, 1893 – April 7, 1968) was a Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). Born in Collins Bay, Ontario, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Queen's University in 1914 and later that year enlisted with the Sixth Field Company, Canadian Engineers.
- In 1915, he was wounded in France, losing his sight in both eyes. In 1918, he and six others founded the CNIB.
- He served as first Vice-President from 1918 to 1920 and Managing Director & General Secretary from 1920 until his retirement in 1962. He married Jessie Robinson.
- They had three sons and a daughter.
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