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Francis Walker (other)
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Francis Walker may refer to: *Francis Walker (Virginia politician) (1764–1806), U.S. Congressman from Virginia * Francis Walker (entomologist) (1809–1874), British entomologist *Francis A. Walker (politician) (1871–1956), Canadian politician in Alberta * Francis Amasa Walker (1840–1897), American economist *Francis S. Walker (1848–1916), Irish painter * Francis Marion Walker (1827–1864), Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War *Francis Spring Walker (1876–1941), British Army officer Frances Walker may refer to: *Frances Walker-Slocum (1924–2018), American pianist and organist * Frances Walker (born 1930), Scottish printmaker See also *Frank Walker (other) Frank Walker may refer to: * Frank Arneil Walker (active from 2002), Scottish architectural academic and writer * Frank Buckley Walker (1889–1963), American talent agent * Frank C. Walker (1886–1959), chairman of the Democratic National Committ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Walker (Virginia Politician)
Francis Walker (June 22, 1764 – March 1806) was an American planter and politician from Albemarle County, Virginia. He was member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1788-91 and again in 1797-1801. He represented Virginia in the U.S. Congress from 1793 to 1795. Biography Francis was the second son, and one of twelve children of Dr. Thomas (1715–1794) and Mildred Walker. His mother was the widow of Nicholas Meriwhether and through her he inherited the estate at ''Castle Hill'' in Albemarle County. His older brother John represented Virginia in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Senate. Francis married Jane Byrd Nelson, daughter of General Hugh Nelson, and granddaughter William Nelson who had been President of the Council and acting governor of Colonial Virginia. They had two daughters: Jane and Judith. Judith married William C. Rives who was later a U.S. Senator for Virginia. Besides his state and federal service, Walker was a judge in Albemarle County, and Colonel o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Walker (entomologist)
Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist. He was born in Southgate, London, on 31 July 1809 and died at Wanstead, England on 5 October 1874. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms. However, his assiduous work on the collections of the British Museum had great significance. Between June 1848 and late 1873 Walker was contracted by John Edward Gray Director of the British Museum to catalogue their insects (except Coleoptera) that is Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Walker largely accomplished this and (Edwards, 1870) wrote of the plan and by implication those who implemented it “It is to him raythat the Public owe the admirable helps to the study of natural history which have been afforded by the series of inventories, guides, and nomenclatures, the publication of which beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) * Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also *Saint Francis (other) *Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name *Francisco (other) *Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Amasa Walker
Francis Amasa Walker (July 2, 1840 – January 5, 1897) was an American economist, statistician, journalist, educator, academic administrator, and an officer in the Union Army. Walker was born into a prominent Boston family, the son of the economist and politician Amasa Walker, and he graduated from Amherst College at the age of 20. He received a commission to join the 15th Massachusetts Infantry and quickly rose through the ranks as an assistant adjutant general. Walker fought in the Peninsula Campaign and was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville but subsequently participated in the Bristoe, Overland, and Richmond-Petersburg Campaigns before being captured by Confederate forces and held at the infamous Libby Prison. In July 1866, he was nominated by President Andrew Johnson and confirmed by the United States Senate for the award of the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general United States Volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, when he was 24 years old. Following t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) *Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also *Saint Francis (other) *Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name *Francisco (other) *Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Marion Walker
Francis Marion Walker (November 12, 1827 – July 22, 1864) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War (Civil War). He was killed while commanding a brigade at the Battle of Atlanta of July 22, 1864, one day before his commission as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army was delivered. Early life Francis Marion Walker was born in Paris, Kentucky, on November 12, 1827, and was named in honor of Francis Marion.Allardice, Bruce S.'' More Generals in Gray''. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. (pbk.). p. 231.Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . p. 614. His parents were John and Tabitha (Taylor) Walker. Walker's mother died while he was young. In 1843, the Walker family moved to Hawkins County in east Tennessee, where his father was proprietor of a tavern. Walker had a limited formal education but taught school for his own education and to earn money for col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Spring Walker
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Spring Walker (6 January 1876 – 24 June 1941) was a British Army officer. He was born into an Anglo-Irish Landed gentry, gentry family in County Kerry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1876. He received his diploma for Licentiate Midwifing from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in 1898. He was also educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 25 April 1900 and served in the Second Boer War in the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony from June to December 1900 before being invalided. Between 1902-03, when his health broke down and he had to go on half-pay for 8 months, and 1905-1908 he served in British India, India and was promoted to Captain 25 April 1903. He was stationed at Ferozepore in 1908. He was promoted to Major 25 April 1912. With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Spring Walker sailed to France with the 16th Field Ambulance of the British Expeditionary Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Walker-Slocum
Frances Walker-Slocum (March 6, 1924 - June 9, 2018) was an American educator, pianist, and organist, and the first tenured African-American female professor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the first conservatory in the United States to admit black students. Walker-Slocum was the younger sister of composer George Walker, the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In 1950, Walker-Slocum was married to Henry Chester Slocum Jr., a fellow Oberlin alumnus in New York City. She had one son, George Jeffrey Slocum. Early life and education Frances Walker-Slocum was born March 6, 1924, in Washington, D.C.. She began her musical training at four and a half. At five, her right arm was severely burned after her dress caught fire while she was playing with matches. She was hospitalized for a year, during which she underwent several operations, ultimately leaving her right arm shorter and weaker than the left, and its movement hindered. However, she continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Walker (artist)
Frances Walker CBE RSA RSW (born 19 August 1930) is a Scottish painter, printmaker and retired lecturer. Born in Kirkcaldy, she has lived in Aberdeen for more than 60 years. After teaching art in the Hebrides, Walker accepted a lecturer position in Drawing and Painting at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, where she also contributed to the foundation of Peacock Visual Arts print studio. Walker's work takes inspiration from nature of the Western Isles and Antarctica, where she visited upon receiving the James McBey Travel Award from Aberdeen Art Gallery in 2007. Her technique includes screenprinting, lithography, monoprinting, etching, and collagraphy Collagraphy (sometimes spelled collography) is a printmaking process introduced in 1955 by Glen Alps in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as paperboard or wood). The word is derived from the Greek language, Greek word ''koll'' .... References 1930 births Living people Scottish women artists 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
