Walker was a marine engineer who trained at the Royal Navy dockyard in Sheerness and voyaged around most of the world, collecting insects when on land. His sister Adelaide married George Charles Champion (another entomologist) cementing their friendship. After his retirement, Walker lived in Oxford and became one of the editors of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. His house, in Summertown, a suburb of Oxford. was named Aorangi, a Māori name for Aoraki/Mount Cook, a favourite place visited on his travels.
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Walker, J.J.", p. 279).
^Thomas, Oldfield (1892). "Description of a third species of the genus Nyctophilus". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6. 9 (53): 405–406. doi:10.1080/00222939208677346. ISSN 0374-5481.
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Blair KG (1939). [Walker, J. J.] L'Entomologiste72: 48.
Carpenter GDH (1941). [Walker, J. J.] Proc. Linn. Soc. London151 (4): 260–262.
Hesselbart G, Oorschot H van, Wagener S (1995). Die Tagfalter der Türkei unter Berücksichtigung der angrenzenden Länder. Bocholt.
Hobby BM (1939). [Walker, J. J.] J. Soc. British Ent2 (1): 43–44.
Poulton EB (1939). [Walker, J. J.] Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3) 75 64–70. (Walker's publications on Coleoptera with some notes on other insect Orders, mainly Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are listed through to p. 79) as "A selected and classified bibliography of J.J. Walker's publications 1872–1939".
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Saunders, Edward (1890). "Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by J. J. Walker, Esq., R.N., F.L.S., at Gibraltar and in North Africa". Entomologists Monthly Magazine26: 201-205. (ants only).
Forel, Auguste (1900). "Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie. Récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc.". Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique44: 54-77.
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james, john, walker, entomologist, james, john, walker, 1851, sheerness, january, 1939, english, entomologist, walker, with, entomological, society, 1904, sitting, left, walker, marine, engineer, trained, royal, navy, dockyard, sheerness, voyaged, around, most. James John Walker 16 May 1851 Sheerness 12 January 1939 was an English entomologist Walker with the Entomological Society in 1904 sitting left Walker was a marine engineer who trained at the Royal Navy dockyard in Sheerness and voyaged around most of the world collecting insects when on land His sister Adelaide married George Charles Champion another entomologist cementing their friendship After his retirement Walker lived in Oxford and became one of the editors of the Entomologist s Monthly Magazine His house in Summertown a suburb of Oxford was named Aorangi a Maori name for Aoraki Mount Cook a favourite place visited on his travels Walker s collections from the Pacific Australia New Zealand and the Mediterranean are shared by the Natural History Museum London and the Oxford University Museum which also conserves his British Coleoptera He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society President 1919 20 and a Fellow of the Linnean Society Walker is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of lizards Draco walkeri and Lerista walkeri both described in 1891 by George Albert Boulenger of the British Museum Natural History 1 The epithet of a tiny australian bat delivered by Walker and described as species Nyctophilus walkeri was given by the author Oldfield Thomas to honour Walker s many collections of specimens 2 References edit Beolens Bo Watkins Michael Grayson Michael 2011 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press xiii 296 pp ISBN 978 1 4214 0135 5 Walker J J p 279 Thomas Oldfield 1892 Description of a third species of the genus Nyctophilus The Annals and Magazine of Natural History Zoology Botany and Geology 6 9 53 405 406 doi 10 1080 00222939208677346 ISSN 0374 5481 Sources editBlair KG 1939 Walker J J L Entomologiste 72 48 Carpenter GDH 1941 Walker J J Proc Linn Soc London 151 4 260 262 Grensted LW 1939 Walker J J Rep Ashmolean Nat Hist Soc Oxfordshire 1938 22 23 Hesselbart G Oorschot H van Wagener S 1995 Die Tagfalter der Turkei unter Berucksichtigung der angrenzenden Lander Bocholt Hobby BM 1939 Walker J J J Soc British Ent 2 1 43 44 Poulton EB 1939 Walker J J Entomologist s Monthly Magazine 3 75 64 70 Walker s publications on Coleoptera with some notes on other insect Orders mainly Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are listed through to p 79 as A selected and classified bibliography of J J Walker s publications 1872 1939 External links editInternet Archive directs to internet texts of Saunders Edward 1890 Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by J J Walker Esq R N F L S at Gibraltar and in North Africa Entomologists Monthly Magazine 26 201 205 ants only Forel Auguste 1900 Ponerinae et Dorylinae d Australie Recoltes par MM Turner Froggatt Nugent Chase Rothney J J Walker etc Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 44 54 77 nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a British entomologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James John Walker entomologist amp oldid 1212370497, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
