See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS AMASA See also:

• FRANCIS AMASA WALKER (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 (1840-1897)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier and economist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the znd of See also:

• JULY

July 184o . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Amasa 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 (1799-1875), was also a distinguished economist, who, retiring from commercial See also:

• LIFE

life in 1840, lectured on See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• ECONOMY

economy in See also:

• OBERLIN
• OBERLIN, JEAN FREDERIC (1740-1826)
• OBERLIN, JEREMIE JACQUES (1735-1806)

Oberlin See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College from 1842 to 1848, was examiner in the same subject at Harvard from 1853 to 186o, and lecturer at See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst from 1859 to 1869 . He was a delegate to the first See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress in See also:

• LONDON

London 1843, and in 1849 to the peace congress in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . He was secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Massachusetts from 1851 to 1853 and a representative in Congress 1862-1863 . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work, The See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science of See also:

• WEALTH

Wealth, attained See also:

• GREAT

great popularity as a textbook . See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Walker graduated at Amherst College in 186o, studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and fought in the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army during the whole of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1861-65, rising from the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of sergeant-See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major to that of See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers—awarded him at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of General See also:

• WINFIELD

Winfield S . See also:

• HANCOCK
• HANCOCK, JOHN (1737–1793)
• HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT (1824-1886)

Hancock . As a soldier he excelled in See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis of the position and strength of the enemy . In 1864 he was captured and detained for a 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 in the famous Libby See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

Prison, See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond . After the war he became editorial writer on the See also:

• SPRINGFIELD

Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican, and in 1869 was made See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau of See also:

• STATISTICS

statistics . He was See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the ninth and tenth censuses (those of 1870 and 188o), and (1871-72) See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian affairs . From 1873 to his See also:

• DEATH

death his work was educational, first as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor (1873- .

1881) of political economy in the See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, and then as See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Massachusetts See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of Technology, Boston . While superintendent of the See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census he increased the See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope and accuracy of the records; and at the Institute of Technology he enlarged the resources and See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of the institution, which had 302 students when he assumed the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency and 1198 at his death . In other See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields he promoted See also:

• COMMON

common-school See also:

• EDUCATION

education (especially in See also:

• MANUAL

manual training), the Boston See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park See also:

• SYSTEM

system, and the work of the public library, and took an active See also:

• PART

part in the discussion of monetary, economic, statistical and other public questions, holding many offices of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour and responsibility . As an author he wrote on governmental treatment of the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, The See also:

• WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

Wages Question (1876), See also:

• MONEY

Money (1878), See also:

• LAND

Land and its See also:

• RENT

Rent (1883) and general political economy (1883 and 1884), besides producing monographs on the life of General Hancock (1884) and the See also:

• HISTORY

history of his own Second Army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps (1886) . As an economist, from the time of the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of his See also:

• BOOK

book on the subject, he so effectively combated the old theory 'of the " wage-fund " as to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to its See also:

• ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

abandonment or material modification by American students; while in his writings on See also:

• FINANCE

finance, from 1878 to the end of his life, he advocated international See also:

• BIMETALLISM

bimetallism, without, however, seeking to justify any one nation in the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to maintain parity between See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver . A rollection of posthumously published Discussions in Education (1899) was made up of essays and addresses prepared after his taking the presidency of the Institute of Technology: their most noteworthy See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument is that See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, physics and the other sciences promote a more exact and more serviceable See also:

• MENTAL

mental training than See also:

• METAPHYSICS
• METAPHYSICS, or METAPHYSIC (from Gr. /sera, after, d v med, things of nature, lots, i.e. the natural universe)

metaphysics or See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric . Walker's general tendency was towards a rational conservatism . On the question of rent he called himself a " Ricardian of the Ricardians." To his Wages Question is due in great part the conception formed by See also:

• ENGLISH

English students of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and functions of the employer in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

• ECONOMICS

economics . A remarkable feature of his writings is his treatment of economic tendencies not as See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere abstractions, but as facts making for the happiness or misery of living men . General Walker died in Boston on the 5th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1897 .