Person Walker; Charles Vincent (1812 - 1882); technical editor and electrical engineer Walker Charles Vincent technical editor and electrical engineer 1812 - 1882 British Male Marylebone, Middlesex, London, England 20 March 1812 18120320 At his residence, 26 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England 24 December 1882 18821224 Marriage: Ramsgate, England. Burial: St John and St Matthew, Redhill, Surrey, England.

Tonbridge, Kent, England (1852) 26 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (1882)

Technical editor; Electrical engineer Telegraphy Electricity Engineering Career: Drawn to the study of electricity (1838); electrician to the South-Eastern Railway Company (1845); patented apparatus to enable train passengers to communicate with the guard (1866); patented a 'train describer' for indicating trains on a distant dial (1876); died of heart failure. Memberships: FRMS (President 1869-1870) RAS Meteorological Society Parents: Vincent George Anthony Walker (1788/9-1867), a solicitor and later a music and dancing teacher, and Ann, née Blake (1788-1820), his first wife. Spouse: Susanna Maria Violett (1805-1882), widow of James Violett, (12 May 1846). The first person to send a submarine signal on 13 October 1848. Influential in the development of railway telecommunications. Invented a device to protect telegraph equipment from atmospheric electricity. Worked on the improvement of graphite batteries. The first person to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha. Fellow 07/06/1855 43 Edward William Brayley James Whatman Baden Powell John Edward Gray Charles Brooke Henry Parr Hamilton William Tite Peter William Barlow Sam Cartwright Baden Powell William Allen Miller William O'Shaughnessy Brooke John Barlow Charles Wheatstone Wm Alex Mackinnon Jon Pereira William Robert Grove W Snow Harris William Thomas Brande MichaelFaraday James Glaisher George Biddell Airy Richard Sheepshanks Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Walker C V, IM Maull 004762.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Walker%2C+Charles+Vincent RCN 16206 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-10798 1812 - 24 Dec 1882 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 25/09/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA3784 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/57007023 a57d998c-5c77-4c86-ac1d-526cbbbc519d