Walker, James ♂

Education

Professor of Chemistry, University College, Dundee 1894 - 31.8.1908 (resigned).

LL.D. 31.3.1909.

Birth/childhood

Born 6.4.1863 son of James Walker, Dundee and Susan Cairns.

Attended Dundee High School.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - B.Sc. 1885, D.Sc. 1886.

Also at Munich University 1886 and Leipzig University -Ph.D. 1889. F.R.S. 1900. LL.D. Edinburgh 1929.

Demonstrator in Chemistry, Edinburgh University 1886-1887. Assistant to the Professor of Chemistry, Edinburgh University 1889-1892.

Professor of Chemistry, University College, Dundee 1894 - 31.8.1908 (resigned). [St Andrews University] [University professor]

Professor of Chemistry, Edinburgh University 1908-1928. President of the Chemical Society 1921-1923. Knighted 1921.

Publications

Death

Died 6.5.1935.

Sources

• Obit. Notices FRS 1 537 - 549
• Edinburgh University Journal 7 282 - 3