Nigel Walker
English criminologist
About Nigel Walker
Lived 1917 – 2014 (aged 97). Nigel Walker was a British criminologist.
Professor Nigel Walker, CBE (6 August 1917 – 13 September 2014) was Wolfson Professor of Criminology at King's College, Cambridge.
Biography Walker was born in Tianjin China (formerly Tientsin), on 6 August 1917, as a result of his father's posting there as British vice-consul. He attended Edinburgh Academy being awarded Dux in 1935. and a book A Short History of Psychotherapy.
Between 1973 and 1984 he was Wolfson Professor of Criminology, and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
During his teaching career, he spent time at Yale where his students included Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, then as yet unmarried.
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Who was Nigel Walker?
English criminologist (1917-2014)
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Nigel Walker was born on 6 August 1917 in Tianjin.
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Nigel Walker died on 13 September 2014.
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Nigel Walker was a criminologist.
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Nigel Walker was British.
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