Walker, George, F.R.S., born 1735, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, educated by his uncle, Thomas Walker, dissenting minister at Durham, whom, after further study at Dr. Rotherhain's academy at Kendal, and at Edinburgh and Glasgow, he succeeded in the pulpit there. From Durham Walker removed to Great Yarmouth, and thence in 1772 to the Warrington Academy. While there he published The Doctrine of the Sphere. This and his Treatise on Conic Sections are the chief of his mathematical works. From 1774 to 1798 he was minister at the High Pavement Chapel, Nottingham, and took a prominent part in the public life of the town. His sermons on political events of the time attracted widespread attention, as did his tract The Dissenters’ Plea; or, an appeal of th… Go to person page >
Display Title: Enough of life's vain scene I've trodFirst Line: Enough of life's vain scene I've trodMeter: L. M.Date: 1827Subject: Piety sanctifying the Relations and Pleasures of Life | ; Religious uses of the relations of life |
Display Title: Enough of life's vain scene I've trodFirst Line: Enough of life's vain scene I've trodAuthor: WalkerDate: 1812Subject: Devout Affections and Good Resolutions |
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