Background
Baker, Ira Osborn was born on September 23, 1853 in Linton, Indiana, United States. Son of Hiram Walker and Amanda (Osborn) Baker.
Baker, Ira Osborn was born on September 23, 1853 in Linton, Indiana, United States. Son of Hiram Walker and Amanda (Osborn) Baker.
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1874, C.E., 1877 (D. England, 1903).
Assistant in civil engineering and physics, 1874-1878, instructor civil engineering, 1878-1880, assistant professor, 1880-1882, professor, since 1882, University of Illinois. Author: Leveling, 1886. Treatise on.
Married Emma Burr, August 5, 1877 (died 1911). Married second, Angie Ewing Ritter, August 7, 1913.