Authorised form of name | Walker; James (1781 - 1862) |
Dates | 1781 - 1862 |
Date of birth | 14 September 1781 |
Date of death | 08 October 1862 |
Occupation | Civil engineer |
Activity | Career: Designed Bishop's Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles Memberships: FRSE; MICE (President 1834-1845); Honorary Associate, Institution of Naval Architects
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 17/04/1828 |
RSActivity | Royal Society roles: VP 1843-1844 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1862-1863 vol 12 pp lxiv-lxvi References: Denis Smith, in Transactions of the Newcomen Society 1987-1998 vol 69, no 1, pp 23-55 Institute of Civil Engineering Minutes of Proceedings 1862-1863 vol 22 (obituary) Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects 1862 vol 3 pp xxv-xxvi (obituary) Gentleman's Magazine, February 1863, p 254 (obituary) |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/33547160 |
Code | NA5839 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1828/16 | Walker, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
PT/73/13/8 | Diagrams, weighing machine and boats by unknown artist | [1827] |
AP/17/13 | Unpublished paper, 'An account of a second series of experiments on the resistance of fluids to bodies passing through them' by James Walker | May 1833 |
AP/17/13/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'An account of a second series of experiments on the resistance of fluids to bodies passing through them' by James Walker | May 1833 |
AP/17/13/2 | Unpublished technical drawing, 'Mr Walker's boat for experiments on the resistance of fluids' by James Walker | May 1833 |
AP/17/13/3 | Unpublished technical drawing, 'Mr Wood's boat on Paisley Canal' by James Walker | May 1833 |