Charles Rumford Walker, Jr.

Charles Rumford Walker Jr. (July 31, 1894 – November 26, 1974) was an American historian, political scientist, and novelist. He specialized in the study of the history of the industrial worker.

Biography Walker was born in Concord, New Hampshire. He was the son of Francis Sheafe and Charles Rumford Walker, a physician and politician. He graduated from Yale University in 1916 and served in the United States Army during World War I. He also wrote Steel: The Diary of a Furnace Worker and Bread and Fire: A Novel.

He died on November 26, 1974.