Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Albert Baker 1893-1968

Photo by Alan L Brown - May 28, 2004

Plaque Location

The County of Lennox and Addington
The Township of Loyalist
On the north side of Highway 33 west of the Parrotts Bay bridge at street number 4949, about 2 km west of County Road 6

Plaque Text

A passionate advocate of the rehabilitation and training of the blind, Baker was born nearby. In 1914 he enlisted in the Canadian Army and was blinded while in action in Belgium. He was hospitalized in England where he embraced the philosophy of self-reliance espoused by Sir Arthur Pearson, the prominent newspaper owner who was himself partially blind. Returning to Canada, Baker was instrumental in the formation of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in 1918 and, as its General Secretary and Managing Director (1920-64), worked tirelessly to improve the medical, rehabilitative and educational services for veterans and the handicapped. He received many honours for his efforts and in 1951 was elected first president of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.

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