Edward Walker (mathematician)
Edward Walker FRS (1820 – 2 March 1893) was an English applied mathematician and theoretical physicist.[2]
Edward Walker | |
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| Born | 1820 Gestingthorpe, Essex, UK |
| Died | 2 March 1893 Shepherd's Bush, London |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Awards | Adams Prize (1865)[1] |
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.[3] He was called to the bar at Inner Temple on 17 November 1868.[2]
On 30 September 1847 he married Anne Whinfield at St. James's Church, Norlands, Bayswater.[4] The marriage produced several children.
References
- Walker, Edward (1866). Terrestrial and Cosmical Magnetism. Cambridge, UK: Deighton, Bell, & Co.
- "Walker, Edward (WLKR839E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Boase, Frederic (1901). Modern English Biography. Vol. 3. p. 1143.
- "Appendix to Chronicle. Marriages". Annual Register, 1847. 1848. p. 189.
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