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WALKER, John.

(1731 – 1803)

(Born: 1731; Died: 31 December 1803) English botanist & geologist.

Biographical references: BBA: I 1124, 177-184. Livingstone, Minerals of Scotland, 2002: p. 17-21. Watt, Bibliotheca Britannica, 1824. WBI.

1. Latin, 1782.
Delineatio Fossilium, in usus academicos. Edinburgi, 1782.

4°: 24 p. Very scarce.

Bibliographical references: DSB. NUC: 646, 11 [NW 0036450].

2. Latin, 1787.
Classes fossilium; sive, Characteres naturales et chymici classium et ordinum in systemate minerali; cum nominibus generices adscriptis. In usus academicos. Edinburgi, 1787.

8°: xxvii, 104 p.

Very scarce. Written as a syllabus for his students at the University of Edinburgh, this publication classifies minerals and fossils according to Linnaean principles.

Bibliographical references: DSB. LKG: XII 118. NUC: 646, 11 [NW 0036449].

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