Alan Walker

Sir Alan Edgar Walker (4 June 191129 January 2003) was an Australian theologian, evangelist, social commentator, broadcaster and activist, 1981: Knight Bachelor 1986: World Methodist Peace Award 1997: Named as one of 100 people as an Australian Living Treasure

Personal life Walker was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 4 June 1911 to the Reverend Alfred Edgar Walker (1877–1966) and Violet Louisa Walker (née Lavis) (1881–1971). He was married to Winifred Walker (later Lady Walker) (1916–2006) and they had four children, Lynette Sue, Rev Bruce Walker, David Walker and Rev Christopher Walker. He died in 2003, at an aged care centre on Sydney's North Shore, aged 91.

Biographies Don Wright, Alan Walker: Conscience of the Nation, Sydney: Open Book Publishers, 1997. . Harold Henderson, Reach for the World: The Alan Walker Story, Nashville, Tennessee: Discipleship Resources, 1981.