Benjamin Baker (engineer)

Sir Benjamin Baker KCB KCMG FRS FRSE
Benjamin Baker as a young engineer
Born	(1840-03-31)31 March 1840 Frome, Somerset, England
Died	19 May 1907(1907-05-19) (aged 67) Pangbourne, Berkshire, England
Nationality	English
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Education	Apprenticed to Messrs Price and Fox at the Neath Abbey Iron Works
Occupation	Engineer
Engineering career
Discipline	Civil engineer Structural engineer
Projects	Forth Bridge, First Aswan dam

Sir Benjamin Baker KCB KCMG FRS FRSE (31 March 1840 – 19 May 1907) was an English civil engineer who worked in mid to late Victorian era. He helped develop the early underground railways in London with Sir John Fowler, but he is best known for his work on the Forth Bridge. He made many other notable contributions to civil engineering, including his work as an expert witness at the public inquiry into the Tay Rail Bridge disaster. Later, he helped design and build the first Aswan dam.