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Charles Baird may refer to:

Charles Baird (engineer) (1766–1843), Scottish engineer
Charles A. Baird (1870–1944), University of Michigan athletic director, 1898–1909
Charles F. Baird (1922–2009), United States Under Secretary of the Navy and CEO of Inco Ltd.
Charles Washington Baird (1828–1887), American Presbyterian minister and historian

See also[edit]

Charles Baird Curtis (1860–1936), vice-president of the United States

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+'''Charles Baird''' may refer to:
-'''Charles Baird''' (1766 - 1843) was a Scottish engineer who played an important part in the industrial and business life of 19th century [[St. Petersburg]]. His company specialised in steam-driven machinery and was responsible for Russia's first steamboat.
+*[[Charles Baird (engineer)]] (1766–1843), Scottish engineer
-Born at Westerton, [[Stirlingshire|Bothkennar]], [[Scotland]], Charles was one of the nine children of Nicol Baird, superintendent of the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]. Charles Baird started his working life in 1782 as an apprentice at the Carron Ironworks near [[Falkirk]].
+*[[Charles A. Baird]] (1870–1944), University of Michigan athletic director, 1898–1909
+*[[Charles F. Baird]] (1922–2009), United States Under Secretary of the Navy and CEO of Inco Ltd.
-By the age of 19 Baird had a supervisory post in the gun department, and in 1786 he accompanied a Carron Company manager, [[Charles Gascoine]], to Russia to establish the Aleksandrovsk gun factory at [[Petrozavodsk]], and a cannon ball foundry at [[Kronstadt]]. Gascoine had been invited to Russia by [[Samuel Greig]], a Scot who was an admiral in the Russian Navy.
+*[[Charles Washington Baird]] (1828–1887), American Presbyterian minister and historian
-In 1792 Baird entered into partnership with Francis Morgan, whose daughter he later married. Their St. Petersburg business became known as the Baird Works and specialised in steam-driven machinery. It supplied guns for the [[Russian Empire|Imperial]] [[Arsenal]] and machinery for the [[Mint (coin)|Mint]], and undertook a range of projects from bridge-building to ornamental metalwork. Baird also had a [[sugar refinery]] using his own innovative method of refining.
-The Baird Works were responsible for the ''Elizaveta'', Russia's first [[steamship]], launched in 1815, and this early start gave them a ten-year monopoly on steamship routes from St Petersburg, including the ''Elizaveta's'' run to Kronstadt. They had their own [[wharves]], and the St Petersburg Times has said Baird helped "create a great industrial kingdom on the [[Neva]] River that is known today as Admiralteiskiye Verfi", the shipbuilding company. <ref>Yuri Tulupenko, ''The U.K. and St. Petersburg'', in ''St Petersburg Times '',  22 October 2002 Cached version [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:_Hdz7VhnqTsJ:www.sptimesrussia.com/project/uk/s_7722.htm+%22charles+baird%22+petersburg&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=9 here]</ref>
-Baird's supplied the ironwork for several bridges, including the first [[cast iron]] arch bridge in Russia (1805) and from the 1820s, [[suspension bridge]]s designed by [[Wilhelm von Traitteur]], like the Post Office Bridge over the river [[Moika]]. The company also worked with the architect [[Auguste de Montferrand]] on the [[Alexander Column]] and [[Saint Isaac's Cathedral]], and were responsible for technical aspects of the cathedral dome design.
-The business was operated by Russian [[Serfdom|serf]]s, some of them extremely skilled in fine ornamental metalwork, according to [[James Nasmyth]]'s account.<ref> ''Autobiography''</ref> Baird brought other engineers from Scotland to work with him: his son [[Francis Baird|Francis]] and nephew [[William Handyside]] made important contributions, with Francis carrying the Baird Works forward after his father's death. Handyside took the lead in the firm's work with Montferrand, and another nephew, [[Nicol Hugh Baird]] who spent a few years in St Petersburg, later became a noted Canadian engineer.
-Charles Baird was known for his business skills as well as his technical ability, and his achievements were recognised both in Britain and in Russia. In 1841 he was elected to the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]], and the many honours he received led to the title of [[Order of St. Vladimir|Knight of St Vladimir]]. He died on 10 December 1843 and is buried in the [[Smolensk]] [[Lutheran]] Cemetery.
-==Sources and notes==
-*[http://books.google.co.uk A. Kempton, Robert William Rennison, T. Cox, ''Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 1'' (London 2002)]
-*''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
-*[http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/biography/JamesNasmythEngineerAnAutobiography/chap17.html James Nasmyth, ''Autobiography'' (1885)]
-*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/work/scotland/central_and_fife/article_1.shtml Carron Works]
-<references/>
 ==See also==
+*[[Charles Baird Curtis]] (1860–1936), vice-president of the United States
+{{hndis|name=Baird, Charles}}
-[[Carronade]]
-==Memoirs==
-*[http://www.nls.uk/collections/foreign/russian.html ''Memoir of the late Charles Baird, esq., of St Petersburg, and of his son, the late Francis Baird, esq., of St. Petersburg and 4, Queens Gate, London'' (London, 1867)]
-==External links==
-*[http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/scoruss.html The Scots-Russian connection]
-*[http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/679.html Early 19th C map showing Westerton and the Carron Works]
-*[http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0005715 Post Office Bridge, St. Petersburg]
-*[[Category:Scottish engineers|Baird, Charles]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Baird, Charles}}
-*[[Category:Scottish business people|Baird, Charles]]