Thomas Walker
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Thomas or Tom Walker may refer to:
fictional character
- Thomas Walker (academic)Thomas Walker (academic)Thomas Walker was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was twice Master of University College, Oxford.Walker was a Fellow at St John's College, Oxford...
(died 1665), English academic at Oxford University - Thomas Walker (explorer)Thomas Walker (explorer)Dr. Thomas Walker was a physician and explorer from Virginia who led an expedition to what is now the region beyond the Allegheny Mountains area of British North America in the mid-18th century...
(1715–1794), American explorer - Thomas Walker (Bush family)Thomas Walker (Bush family)Thomas Walker was the father of George E. Walker and an ancestor of the Bush family.-Biography:He was born 1758 in Clifton, Gloucester, near Bristol, England. He married Catherine McLelland on February 22, 1785, in St. Andrew's Church, Clifton, Bristol, England...
(1758–1799), English ancestor of Bush family - Thomas Walker (Canadian politician)Thomas Walker (Canadian politician)Thomas Walker was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He served as clerk in the Court of Common Pleas for Montreal District in 1779. Walker was named to the bar the following year. In 1783, he was employed at Quebec City to recover merchandise and funds in the bankruptcy of a firm there....
(1759–1812), Canadian lawyer and politician - Tom Walker (cricketer) (1762–1831), English cricketer
- Thomas Walker (Australian philanthropist) (1804–1886), Australian politician and banker
- Thomas A. WalkerThomas A. WalkerThomas Andrew Walker was an English civil engineering contractor.Walker was born at Brewood in Staffordshire. He was educated at King's College London...
(1828–1889), English civil engineering contractor - T. B. WalkerT. B. WalkerThomas Barlow Walker was a highly successful American businessperson who acquired timber in Minnesota and California and became an art collector. Walker founded the Minneapolis Public Library. He was among the 10 wealthiest men in the world in 1923. He built two company towns, one of which his son...
(1840–1928), Minneapolis businessman who founded the Walker Art Center - Thomas Eades Walker (1843-1899), British Member of Parliament for East WorcestershireEast Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)East Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
, 1874–1880 - Thomas Walker (Australian politician)Thomas Walker (Australian politician)Thomas Walker was an Australian politician, a member of two different state parliaments.Walker was born in Preston, Lancashire, England, the son of corn miller and merchant Thomas Walker, and Ellen née Eccles. He was educated at Leyland Grammar School, then worked as a schoolteacher at Preston for...
(1858–1932), Australian politician; a member of two different state parliaments - Tom Walker (1900s pitcher)Tom Walker (1900s pitcher)Thomas William "Tom" Walker , was a Major League Baseball pitcher in with the Philadelphia Athletics and in and with the Cincinnati Reds. He batted and threw right-handed....
(1881–1944), baseball player - Thomas Glynn WalkerThomas Glynn WalkerThomas Glynn Walker was a United States federal judge.Walker received an LL.B. from Fordham University School of Law in 1924. He was in private practice in Newark, New Jersey from 1924 to 1937. He was a Professor, Mercer Beasley School of Law, Newark, New Jersey from 1930 to 1935. He was a member...
(1899–1993), United States federal judge - Thomas Walker (naval officer)Thomas Walker (naval officer)Vice Admiral Thomas J. Walker was an officer of the United States Navy, who served as first commanding officer of the aircraft carrier .-Early life and education:...
(1919–2003), U.S. Navy officer - Thomas J. WalkerThomas J. WalkerThomas James John Walker was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.-Political career:...
former provincial MLA from Alberta, Canada - Tom Walker (1970s pitcher)Tom Walker (1970s pitcher)Robert Thomas Walker is a former professional baseball pitcher. Walker pitched all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1972 until 1977, for the Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and California Angels....
(born 1948), American baseball player - Thomas Walker (attorney)Thomas Walker (attorney)Thomas Gray Walker is the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.-Early life and education:Walker was born in 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia...
, a U.S. Attorney
- Thomas J. Walker, namesake of the Thomas J. Walker HouseThomas J. Walker HouseThe Thomas J. Walker House was a historic home located at 645 Mars Hill Road in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
in Knoxville, Tennessee
fictional character
- Tom Walker, eponymous character from Washington Irving's story "The Devil and Tom WalkerThe Devil and Tom Walker"The Devil and Tom Walker" a short story by Washington Irving that first appeared in his 1824 collection of stories titled Tales of a Traveller. It was part of the "Money-Diggers" portion....
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