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See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
WALKER, See also:OBADIAH (1616-1699) , See also:master of University See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, was See also:born at Darfield near See also:Barnsley, See also:Yorkshire, and was educated at University College, Oxford, becoming a See also:fellow and See also:tutor of this society and a prominent figure in university circles. In See also:July 1648 the See also:action of See also:parliament deprived him of his See also:academic appointments, and he passed some years in teaching, studying and travelling, returning to Oxford at the restoration of 166o, and beginning a few years later to take a leading See also:part in the See also:work of University College. In See also:June 1676 he was elected to the headship of this See also:foundation, and in this capacity he collected See also:money for some rebuilding, and forwarded the preparation of a Latin edition of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Spelman's See also:Life of See also:Alfred the See also:Great, published by the college. This was the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Titus See also:Oates and the popish plots, and some of Walker's writings made him suspect; however, no serious steps were taken against him, although Oxford booksellers were forbidden to sell his See also:book, The benefits of our Saviour Jesus See also:Christ to See also:man-See also:kind, and he remained a See also:Protestant, in name at least, until the See also:accession of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. Soon after this event he came forward as
a See also:Roman See also:Catholic, and he advised the new See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king with regard to affairs in Oxford, being partly responsible for the tactless conduct of James in forcing a See also:quarrel with the See also:fellows of Magdalen College. See also:Mass was said in his See also:residence, and later a See also:chapel was opened in the college for the See also:worship of the Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church; he and others received a royal See also:licence to absent themselves from the services of the See also:English Church, and he obtained another to super-vise the See also:printing of Roman Catholic books. In spite of growing unpopularity he remained loyal to James, and when the king fled from See also:England Walker See also:left Oxford, doubtless intending to join his master abroad. But in See also:December 1688 he was arrested at See also:Sittingbourne and was imprisoned; then, having lost his mastership, he was charged at the See also:bar of the See also:House of See also:Commons with changing his See also:religion and with other offences. See also:Early in 1690 he was released from his confinement, and after subsisting for some years largely on the charity of his friend and former See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil, Dr John See also:Radcliffe, he died on the 21st of See also:January 1699.
Walker's See also:principal writings are: Of See also:education, especially of See also:young gentlemen (Oxford, 1673, and six other See also:editions); Ars rationis ad mentem nominalium libri See also:tees (Oxford, 1673) ; and See also:Greek and Roman See also:History illustrated by Coins and Medals (See also:London, 1692).
End of Article: WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
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