Background
Baker, Frank Collins was born on December 14, 1867 in Warren, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Francis Edwin and Anna Collins (Thurber) Baker.
Baker, Frank Collins was born on December 14, 1867 in Warren, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Francis Edwin and Anna Collins (Thurber) Baker.
Educated Brown University, 1888. Jessup, scholar, Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1889-1890. Bachelor of Science, Chicago School of Science, 1896.
Was a member of Mexican exploring expedition sent out by Academy of Natural Sciences, 1890. Invertebrate zoölogist, Ward’s Natural Sciences Establishment and secretary Rochester Academy Sciences, 1891-1892. Curator zoölogy, Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 1894.
Curator Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1894-1915 (life member).
Zoöl. investigator New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse University, 1915-1917. Curator Natural History Museum, University of Illinois, 1917-1939.
Curator emeritus since 1939. Consultant on Invertebrate Pleistocene Paleontology, Illinois Geological Survey.
V.-president Audubon Society, 1900-1915.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society America, Paleontological Society America. Member American Association Museums, Illinois Academy Sciences (vice-president 1931), Museums Association (British), Ecological Society America, American Malacological Union (president 1942), Limnological Society America, Sigma Xi. Member Zoöl. Society, London.
Clubs: University, Kiwanis.
Married Lillian May Hall, June 16, 1892 (died August 9, 1934).