JOHN WALKER (1732—1807)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V28,
Page 272
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:JOHN See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- JOHN WALKER (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 (1732—1807)
, See also:English actor, philologist and lexicographer, was See also:born at Colney See also:Hatch, See also:Middlesex, on the 18th of See also:March 1732
.
See also:Early in See also:life he became an actor, his theatrical engagements including one with See also:Garrick at See also:Drury See also:Lane, and a See also:long See also:season in See also:Dublin
.
In 1768 he See also:left the See also:stage
.
After some experience in conducting a school at See also:Kensington he commenced to See also:teach elocution, and in this found his See also:principal employment for the See also:rest of his life
.
In 1775 he published his Rhyming See also:Dictionary, which achieved a See also:great success and has been repeatedly reprinted, and in 1791 his See also:Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, which achieved an even greater reputation, and has run into some See also:forty See also:editions
.
He was the friend of the leading See also:literary men of his 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, including See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson and See also:Burke
.
He died in See also:London on the 1st of See also:August 1807
.
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