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WALKER. 260 WALKER. sought refuge in Londonderry. The town was not fiirlified sulhcienth to oppose regular troops, and Luudy. the governor, prepared to surrender to the enemy. Some of his olKeers protested against tliis course, and the citizens determined not to yield. Walker encouraging them to fight to the last. Walker saved Lundy from the rage of the populace, and enabled him to leave the city in safety. Major Baker and Walker be- came joint governors, aided by Cajjlain Adams Campbell. Baker soon after died. The siege hegan in April, and hrsted till the end of July. The inhabitants were reduced to the greatest extremities by hunger, but they were sustained to the last bv the inspiring sermons preached to them bv Walker in the cathedral, and the ex- ample lie and Captain Campbell set in heading . sallving parties. After the raising of the siege Walker was made Bishop of Derry by the King. Walker was present at the crossing of the river at the battle of the Boyne, and was killed. He published A True Account of the Siege of London- derrij (1689). WALKER. HoR.Tio (1858 — ). An American animal, figure, and landscape painter, born in Listowel, "Ontario, Canada. He studied with Fraser in Toronto, but was practically self- taught. He took his subjects from the lives of the descendants of the Canadian-French colo- nists, who kept in nn uncommon degree the characteristics and liabits of their fathers. His later work gained in largeness of outlook, while still keeping the masculine solidity of treatment and the strength and heroic force that caused him justly to be compared with Constant Troyon. His color scheme varies, but it is always direct and harmonious. His works include "Spring Evening— Shepherd and Sheep" (1895) ; "A Pas- toral" (1899) : "Pigs and Ducks" (1900) ; "O-xen Drinking" (1899, exhibited at the Royal Aoad- «mv) : "Turkeys" (1902) ; and "Plowing in the First Gleam." " WALKER, Sir HoT5XDEX (c.in5r,-172S) . An English naval officer, born in Queens County, Ireland. He seems to have entered the Royal Navy at an early age. In 1702. as acting com- modore, he commanded a squadron that sailed to the West Indies and took part in the attack on Guadeloupe. In 1706 in the Ctimhcrlnnd he assisted Sir John Leake in the relief of Bar- celona. In 1707-08 he was captain-resident at Plymouth. In 1710 he was promoted to be rear- admiral of the white and was knighted, and in April was appointed (o command the "secret" ex])edilion against Quebec, which proved a fail- ure. In 1711 Walker was appointed commander- in-chief in Jamaica. After the accession of George I. Walker's name was removed from the list of admirals, ostensibly because of (he fail- ure of the Quebec expedition, but probably be- cause of suspected Jacobitism. He subsequently spent several years in South Carolina as a planter, but shortly before his death returned to his family estates in Ireland. He published A •lournnl, or Full Account of the Late Expedi- tion to Canada (1720). WALKER, .Tames (1704-1874). President of Harvard College. He was born at Burlinglon, IMass.. gradnaled at Harvard College in 1814, studied divinity, and was settled over the Uni- tarian ehnrcli in Cliarlestown. 1818-39; he was professor of moral and intellectual philosophy in Harvard College. 1839-53; and president. 1853- 60. He was editor of the Christian Examiner, 1831-39. He published for undergraduate use editions of Reid On the Intellectual Poieers, and Stewart's Philosophy of the Active and Moral Poicers (1849); Sermons (1861); Memoir of Daniel Appleton White (1863) ; and Memoir of Josiah Quincy (1867). A Jier/ioj-iai appeared at Cambridge in 1875. WALKER, ,Tames Babr (1805-87). An American religious writer. He was born in Philadelphia; studied law at Ravenna, Ohio, and graduated at Western Reserve College, Hud- son, Ohio, in 1831; after being editor of several religious papers he studied theology and was licensed as a Congregational preacher, 1841. He established a ])rivate orphan asylum at Mans- field, Ohio, and was lecturer at Oberlin College and Chicago Theological Seminary on harmon.v between science and revealed religion. He jnib- lished Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation (1855) ; God Revealed in Creation and in Christ (1855) ; Philosophy of Skepticism and Ultraism (1857) ; Philosophy of the Divine Operations in Uuman Redemption (1862) ; Poems (1862) ; The Living Queslions of the Age (1869) ; Doctriyie of the Holy Spirit (1870). WALKER, .Joiix (17.32-1807). An English lexicographer and actor, born at Colney Hatch, Middlesex. He played at first in provincial com- panies, and afterwards under the management of Garrick at Drury Lane. In 1758 he joined the company of Barry and Woodward to open the Crow Street Theatre. Dublin. His chief roles were tragic, especially noteworthy being his Cato and Brutus. In 1768 he left the stage, and the following year he opened a school at Ken- sington Gravel-]iits in partnership with James Usher, through whose influence he left the Pres- byterian for the Roman Catholic Church. The school failed after (wo years, however, and Walker then hegan to lecture on elocution, and made several tours. His most permanent work was his Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Eoepositor of the English Language (1791. and repeatedly reprinted). This long remained the standard and is still of interest as giving the pronunciations in vogue at the beginning of the nineteenth century. His other books, now of minor importance, include Eleinents of Elo- cution (1781; 8th ed. 1838); Hinls for Im- provement in the Art of Reading (1783) ; Rhe- torical flrttniniar (1785; 7th ed. 1823); Melody of Spenlnng Delineated; or Elocution Taught Like ]lusio (1789); Key to the Classical Pro- nuncialion of Creek and. Latin Proper Names (1798; 9th ed. 1833); Teacher'r Assistant in English Composition (1801-02), reprinted as English Themes and. Essni/s (11th ed. 1853); and Outlines of English Crunimnr (1805; 2d ed. 1810). WALKER, .TniiN Grimes (183,5—). A United States naval odiccr, born in Hillshoro, N. H. He graduated at the head of his class at Annapolis in 1850; was promoted lieutenant in the navy in 1858; and was instructor in mathe- matics "in the Naval Academy in 1859 and 1860. He served on the Winona in Farraguf's expedition against New Orleans; was promoted lieutenant-conimandcr in July, 1862; and in