| 词条 | Hugh Cossart Baker Sr. |
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Baker established the first life insurance company in Canada 21 August 1847; the Canada Life Assurance Company.[1][2] 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.[1] He was the father of telephone pioneer Hugh Cossart Baker Jr..[3] External links
References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791-1875)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1981}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Hugh Cossart Sr.}}{{Canada-business-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web| title =Chronology of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Ontario| url=http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/cultural_landmarks/twps.html| accessdate = 2007-02-05}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=The Hamiltonians, 100 Fascinating Lives |first=Margaret |last=Houghton |publisher=James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers Toronto|page=6|year=2003|isbn= 1-55028-804-0}} 5 : 1818 births|1859 deaths|People from Hamilton, Ontario|Businesspeople from Ontario|Pre-Confederation Ontario people |
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