| 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| AP/17/13 | Unpublished paper, 'An account of a second series of experiments on the resistance of fluids to bodies passing through them' by James Walker | May 1833 |
| AP/17/13/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'An account of a second series of experiments on the resistance of fluids to bodies passing through them' by James Walker | May 1833 |
| AP/17/13/2 | Unpublished technical drawing, 'Mr Walker's boat for experiments on the resistance of fluids' by James Walker | May 1833 |
| AP/17/13/3 | Unpublished technical drawing, 'Mr Wood's boat on Paisley Canal' by James Walker | May 1833 |