Researching Edward Walker
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 100253 people with the Walker surname? In that year Walker was ranked number 12 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Edward means "Guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Edward Walker on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edward Walker and the Walker Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 128048 people with the Walker surname in the UK? Walker is now ranked number 12 for popularity in the UK. |
Walker Genealogy Databases
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Walker Forums
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Edward Walker. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Edward Walker
Edward Walker (mathematician)
Edward Walker FRS (1820 – 2 March 1893) was an English applied mathematician and theoretical physicist.
He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with B.A. (8th Wrangler) in 1844 and M.A. in 1847. At Trinity College he was a Fellow in 1845 and an assistant Tutor in 1846–1847. He won the Adams Prize in 1865 and was elected F.R.S. on 3 June 1869. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple on 17 November 1868.
On 30 September 1847 he married Anne Whinfield at St. James's Church, Norlands, Bayswater. The marriage produced several children.
Source: Edward Walker (mathematician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaEdward Walker (cricketer)
Edward Walker (21 February 1816 – 2 or 8 June 1857) was an English academic and a cricketer who played a single first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1838. He was born at Oxford. His death is less certain: the directory of Cambridge alumni and cricket websites state that he died at Pau in France on 8 June 1857; contemporary records indicate he died on 2 June, and suggest his brother's house in London as a venue.
Walker was educated at Eton College and at King's College, Cambridge. As a cricketer, he played in his single first-class match in 1838 as a lower-order batsman, though it is not known whether he was right- or left-handed: he made two runs in his only innings. He played in other minor matches in both 1837 and 1840, but did not appear again in first-class cricket.
Walker graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1839, and this converted to a Master of Arts in 1842. He became a fellow of King's College, and was also bursar, though the death notices for him in 1857 indicate that he had given up this role. He was also ordained as a Church of England priest, but there are no details of when and where.
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