David McCurdy Baird

David McCurdy Baird OC FRSC (July 28, 1920 – September 10, 2019) was a Canadian geologist, photographer, and academic.

At the same time, he was a Professor of Geology at Memorial University of Newfoundland and was head of the department from 1954 to 1958.

In 1958, he joined the University of Ottawa as a Professor of Geology and Chairman of the Department where he would remain until 1966.

[2] From 1981 to 1986, he was the founding Director of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta.

In 1986, he was appointed Director of the Rideau Canal Museum in Smiths Falls, Ontario.