Charles Baskerville (July 18, 1870 – January 28, 1922) was an American chemist.

He announced the discovery of two new elements which claimed to have separated from thorium.

He became professor at the University of North Carolina and moved to the College of the City of New York in 1904, where he stayed until his death in 1922.

[5] Over his career, Baskerville published 190 papers, 8 books, and 16 patents.

He was one of the most constant attendants on the meetings of the American Chemical Society, also a Fellow of the London Chemical Society, member of the Society of Chemical Industry, of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Electrochemical Society, the Washington and New York Academies of Science, the Franklin Institute, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.