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Albert Rufus Baker, American ophthalmologist.

Background

Baker, Albert Rufus was born on March 24, 1858 in Salem, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Sabina (Pershing) Baker.

Education

Doctor of Medicine Western Reserve University, 1879. Post-graduate New York and London, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, 1881-1883.

Career

Professor ophthalmology, otology and laryngology, since 1888, chairman faculty, 1898-1902, Cleveland College Physicians and Surgical Editor Cleveland Medical Gazette, 1885-1896. Author: Coughs, Cold and Catarrh, 1904. Home: Cleveland, Ohio

Achievements

  • Albert Rufus Baker has been listed as a noteworthy ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Emily L. Shackleton, December 16, 1885.