Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr.
Male, Deceased Person
1818 – 1859
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Who was Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr.?
Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr. was a banker, businessman, mathematician.
Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr. established the first life insurance company in Canada 21 August 1847; the Canada Life Assurance Company. The firm was incorporated in 1849. The first head office was in Hamilton, Ontario on the top floor of the Mechanics' Institute on James Street North near Merrick, where Eaton's now stands. The head office remained in Hamilton until 1900, when the new president George Cox moved it to Toronto.
He was the father of telephone pioneer Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr..
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1818
- Nationality
- Canada
- Lived in
- Hamilton
- Died
- Mar 2, 1859
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on July 23, 2013
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