Emma Sophia Baker

Emma Sophia Baker
Born(1856-02-27)February 27, 1856
Milton, Canada West
DiedOctober 26, 1943(1943-10-26) (aged 87)
Toronto, Ontario
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
InstitutionsMount Allison University
Maryland College for Women

Emma Sophia Baker ((1856-02-27)February 27, 1856 – (1943-10-26)October 26, 1943)[1] was a Canadian psychologist.[1] In 1903, she became the first person to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto, it is important to know that psychology was considered a subdiscipline of philosophy at the time. Baker was also one of the first two women to earn a Ph.D. from that institution, the other was chemist Clara Benson.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Creese, Mary R.S.; Creese, Thomas M. (2010). Ladies in the laboratory III: South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian women in science: nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: a survey of their contributions. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7289-9. OCLC 659564120.
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  3. ^ "Clara Cynthia Benson, 1875-1964 · Making History: contributions of faculty members in science and medicine · Exhibits". exhibits.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-18.