Background
Baker, Arthur Latham was born on May 7, 1853 in Cincinnati. Son of John G. and Mary A. (Latham) Baker.
Baker, Arthur Latham was born on May 7, 1853 in Cincinnati. Son of John G. and Mary A. (Latham) Baker.
Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1873. Studied University of Göttingen, 1896. Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Lafayette College, 1889.
Review Aaron H. Hand, September 26, 1878;(Mistress J. Roy Allen). Adjunct professor civil engineering, Lafayette College, 1873-1880. Attorney at law, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1880-1889.
Principal high school, Scranton, 1882.
Editor Common Pleas Reporter and Weekly Digest, Scranton, 1885-1887. Professor of mathematics, Stevens High School, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1889-1891, University of Rochester, 1891-1901.
Head of department of mathematics, Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, 1901-1917. Author: Annual Digest Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions, 1886-1887.
Graphic Algebra, 1892.
Elliptic Functions, 1890. Solid Geometry, 1893. Conic Sections, 1893.
The Art of Geometry, 1905.
Quaternions as the Result of Algebraic Operations, 1910. Elementary Thick-lens Optics, 1911.
Micrometry for the Amateur Microscopist, et cetera
Married Elizabeth Coit, daughter