(Encyclopedia) Walker, Robert, d. 1658?, English painter, a follower of Van Dyck and favorite portraitist of Oliver Cromwell. His portraits of Cromwell and his family and followers are convincing…
(Madame C. J. Walker)businesswoman, philanthropistBorn: 12/23/1867Birthplace: Delta, La. After a series of bereavements that left her orphaned at 6 and widowed at 20, she and her daughter A'Lelia…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840–97, American economist, statistician, and educator, b. Boston, grad. Amherst; son of Amasa Walker. In the Civil War he was brevetted brigadier general.…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Horatio, 1858–1938, Canadian painter, b. Ontario, largely self-taught. Though he lived in Rochester and New York City, he painted chiefly scenes from the simple life of the…
Minneapolis, Minn.Designed in 2005 by Edward Larrabee Barnes photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected the Walker Art Center…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Alice, 1944–, African-American novelist and poet, b. Eatonon, Ga. The daughter of sharecroppers, she studied at Spelman College (1961–63) and Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1965…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, James John, 1881–1946, American politician, b. New York City. Dapper and debonair, Jimmy Walker, having tried his hand at song writing, engaged in Democratic politics and in…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Robert John, 1801–69, American public official, b. Northumberland, Pa. A lawyer, he practiced for a time in Pittsburgh. In 1826 he moved to Natchez, Miss. As a Democratic…
BOLLING, Richard Walker, (great-great-grandson of John Williams Walker and great-great-nephewof Percy Walker), a Representative from Missouri; born in New York City, May 17, 1916; attended…
