Background
Baker, William Avery was born on October 21, 1911 in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Elisha and Margaret MacDonald (Sanderson) Baker.
Baker, William Avery was born on October 21, 1911 in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Elisha and Margaret MacDonald (Sanderson) Baker.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1934.
Registered profile engineer, California, Massachusetts With shipbuilding division Bethlehem Steel Company, 1934-1964. Curator Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1963-1981. Trustee Plimoth Plantation, Incorporated.
Compiler plans, specifications for history ships: Gjoa, 1948, Mayflower II, 1957, Adventure, 1970, Maryland Dove, 1978, construction committee revision, 1948, Safety of Life at Sea Convention, 1957-1960, United States Coast Guard working commission on stability and subdivision, 1961-1981, commission on revision, 1930, load line convention.
Author: The New Mayflower, Her Design and Construction, 1958, Colonial Vessels, 1962, The Engine Powered Vessel, 1965, Sloops and Shallops, 1966, A History of the Boston Marine Society, 1968, C.J.A. Wilson’s Ships, 1971. Collaborator: New England and the Sea, 1972, A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, 1973, also numerous articles, chapters in books
Member editorial advisory board: American Neptune, 1952-1981, Mystic Seaport, 1973-1981.
Fellow Pilgrim Society (trustee). Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (co-founder New England section 1943, secretary-treasurer 1943-1944, chairman 1957-1958, secretary-treasurer Northern California section 1949, honorary. Member 1980), Society Nautical Research, Hakluyt Society, Boston Marine Society, Harvard Musical Association, Delta Upsilon.
Married Ruth Stuart, May 2, 1936.