Papers of Rev Dr John Walker

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List of sources for the biographical history:

Birse, Ronald M, Science at the University of Edinburgh 1583-1993, (Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, 1994)

Devlin-Thorp, Sheila, Scotland's Cultural Heritage, (Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, 1981)

Gillispie, Charles Clouston(ed), Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol xiv, (New York, Scribner's, 1972)

Taylor, George, John Walker: a Notable Scottish Naturalist, (Edinburgh, reprinted from Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb., vol.38, 1959)

Williams, TIand Lee, Sidney(eds), Dictionary of National Biography, vol x, (London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1908)

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