About Edward Walker
Lived 1820 – 1893 (aged 72–73). Edward Walker was a mathematician and school teacher.
Edward Walker FRS (c. 1820 – 2 March 1893) was an English applied mathematician and theoretical physicist.
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. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple on 17 November 1868. The marriage produced several children.
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Who was Edward Walker?
Mathematician, FRS; (1820 -1893)
When was Edward Walker born?
Edward Walker was born in 1820 in Gestingthorpe.
When did Edward Walker die?
Edward Walker died on 2 March 1893 in Shepherd's Bush.
What was Edward Walker's occupation?
Edward Walker was a mathematician and school teacher.
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