Fred Baker (physician)

Fred Baker
Born	Frederick Baker January 29, 1854 Norwalk, Ohio
Died	May 16, 1938(1938-05-16) (aged 84) San Diego, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	Physician
Known for	Civic activist, co-founder of San Diego Zoo, co-founder of Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Frederick Baker (January 29, 1854 – May 16, 1938) was an American physician and civic activist in San Diego, California.^[1][2] He was the prime mover in founding the Marine Biological Institution, which became the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He was also a co-founder of the Zoological Society of San Diego and thus of the San Diego Zoo. He was a naturalist and an amateur malacologist.