Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

WALKER, See also:THOMAS (1784—1836) , See also:English See also:police See also:magistrate, best known as author of The See also:Original, was See also:born on the loth of See also:October 1784 at Charlton-cum-See also:Hardy, near See also:Manchester, where his See also:father was a prosperous See also:cotton See also:merchant and an active Whig politician. He was educated at See also:Cambridge and called to the See also:bar, and after devoting some years mainly to the study of the Poor See also:Law was made police magistrate in See also:Lambeth in 1829. In 1835 he started his weekly publication The Original, containing his reflections on various social subjects and especially on eating and drinking; and it is in the See also:history of gastronomy, and the See also:art of dining, that this curious and amusing See also:work is famous. The weekly See also:numbers continued for six months, and subsequently were republished, after Walker's See also:death on the loth of See also:January 1836, in an See also:American selection (1837), in See also:editions by W. B. See also:Jerrold (with memoir) (1874), W. A. See also:Guy (1875), and See also:Henry See also:Morley (1887), and in another selection of See also:Sir Henry See also:Cole (" See also:Felix Summerley "), called Aristology (1881). Distance. Name. See also:Time. Date.

See also:

Place. 1 mile A. T. Yeomans. hr. See also:min. sec. 1906 See also:Bath 6 19- 2 See also:miles A. T. Yeomans. 12 53i 1906 See also:Swansea 3 „ J. W. Raby (profes- sional) 20 211 1883 Lillie See also:Bridge 4 „ G. E. Larner .

. 27 14 1905 See also:

Brighton 5 W. Raby 35 10 1883 Lillie Bridge to J. W. Raby . . 1 14 45 1883 Lillie Bridge 15 „ J. W. Raby . . 1 55 56 1883 Lillie Bridge 20 „ W. See also:Perkins . . 2 39 57 1877 Lillie Bridge 30 „ J. See also:Butler . . .

4 29 52 1905. Putney 40 J. Butler . . . 6 11 17 1905 Putney 50 „ J. Butler 7 52 27 1905 Putney See also:

loo „ T. E. See also:Hammond .

End of Article: WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
[next]
WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)