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WALKER 273 WALKER WALKEB, FRANCIS AMASA, an American educator; born in Boston, Mass., July 2, 1840; was graduated at Amherst College in 1860; served throughout the Civil War, distinguishing himself on various fields. On Aug. 25, 1864, he vi^as captured at Ream's Sta- tion and for a short time was detained in Libby prison; was promoted colonel Dec. 23, 1862, and received the brevet of Brigadier-General of volunteers March 13, 1865; was superintendent of the 9th census in 1870-1879; became Professor of Political Economy in the Sheffield Scien- tific School of Yale University in 1873; and in the latter year accepted the pre- sidency of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served till his death, Jan. 5, 1897. He was the author of "The Indian Question" (1876) ; "Money" (1878) ; "Money, Trade, and Industry" (1879) ; "Political Economy" (1883) ; "History of the Second Army Corps" (1886) ; etc. WALKER, FREDERICK, an English painter; born in London, May 24, 1840; studied at the Royal Academy (1858), and designed for illustrations for the "Cornhill Magazine" and "Once a Week" (1860-1864). Some of these drawings he reproduced in water-color, in which medium he produced a number of ex- quisite pictures. In 1863 he exhibited his first oil painting, "The Lost Path," at the Royal Academy, and was made an associate R. A. in 1871. His Lest works in oil are "The Bathers," and "By the Plough." He died in St. Fillans, Scot- land, June 4, 1875. WALKER, JOHN, an English author; born in Devonshire; was educated at Ex- eter College, Oxford, graduating M. A. in 1699. He became rector of St. Mary- the-More, Exeter. His famous work is entitled "An Account of the Sufferings of the Clergy who were Sequestered in the Grand Rebellion" (folio, 1714). The work itself was called forth by Calamy's "Abridgement of the Life of Mr. Bax- ter," nearly half of which is the famous "Particular Account of the Ministers who were Ejected by the Act of Uni- formity," and Calamy himself replied to it in "The Church and Dissenters com- pared as to Persecution" (1719). With- ers, a dissenting minister of Exeter, also made a reply, and still more Neal in his "History of the Puritans." Walker es- timated at over 7,000 the number of clergy "imprisoned, banished, and sent a-starving." He died in Exeter, about 1730. WALKER, JOHN GRIMES, an Amer- ican naval officer; born in Hillsboro, N. H,, March 20, 1835; was graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1856; promoted lieutenant in 1858; and at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 was assigned to duty in the blockading service. During the war he participated in the capture of New Orleans and the operations against Vicksburg in the summer of 1862; commanded the "Baron de Kalb" of the Mississippi squadron in several engagements; had charge of a naval battery at the siege of Vicksburg; was executive officer on board a gun- boat at the capture of Wilmington N. C, and took an active part in several other engagements. He was secretary of the Lighthouse Board in 1873-1878; chief of the Bureau of Navigation in 1881-1889; promoted commodore in 1889; comman- ded the "Squadron of Evolution" in 1889- 1894; and in the latter year, on his pro- motion to rear-admiral, was assigned to the Pacific station; being particularly charged with the maintenance of peace and good order in the Hawaiian Islands. He was chairman of the Lighthouse Board in 1895-1896; head of the deep water harbor commission for Southern California ; and president of the Isthmian Canal Commission in 1899. He died Sept. 16, 1907. WALKER, ROBERT JAMES, an American financier; born In Northum- berland, Pa., July 23, 1801; was gradu- ated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1819; practiced law in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1822-1826, and in the latter year re- moved to Mississippi. There he entered politics and was elected to the United States Senate in 1836 and 1840. While in the Senate he opposed the distribution of the surplus revenue, advocating, in- stead, its application to public defenses; introduced the celebrated "Homestead" bill; sustained the treaty for the sup- pression of the slave trade; and drafted and supported the resolution recognizing the independence of Texas. On the ac- cession of James K. Polk to the presi- dency in 1845, he was appointed Secre- tary of the Treasury, and continued in that office till March, 1849, during which period he prepared and carried through the tariff bill of 1846, various loan bills, the warehousing system, the Mexican tariff, and a bill to organize the Depart- ment of the Interior. Subsequently he was governor of Kansas, in which office he defeated the attempt to force corrupt measures on the territory; was actively occupied in the support of the National Government prior to the Civil War, ad- vocating the immediate re-enforcement of Southern fortifications and the mainte- nance of the Union by force; and in 1863 was sent as financial agent of the United States to Europe, where he negotiated