Biography
Thomas D. Baird, the second son of the Presbyterian minister, Reverend Thomas D. Baird, was born on July 14, 1819 in Newark, Ohio. Baird was educated at Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, where he received both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts.
In 1839, he began his career as an educator by teaching mathematics in Baltimore, Maryland. During this time, he also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844, although he was never a practicing lawyer. In 1847, Baird became a professor of mathematics at Marshall College in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. He held this position for three years before deciding to open a private school in Baltimore, which was devoted to the study of classics and mathematics. Baird presided over the school for four years before he was elected professor of mathematics at Westminster College in Missouri. He remained in this position for three years before returning to Baltimore to serve as the fifth principal and professor of moral and mental philosophy at the Central High School of Baltimore—later renamed Baltimore City College, the third oldest public high school in the United States. Baird held this position until his death on June 9, 1873.
Baird received a Ph.D. from Concordia College, Missouri and an LL.D. from Centre College, Kentucky.
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