James John Walker (entomologist)
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John James Walker was an English
entomologist.
Walker was a marine engineer 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 select suburb of Oxford was named Aorangi, a Māori 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.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
entomologist.
Walker was a marine engineer trained at the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
dockyard in Sheerness and voyaged around most of the world, collecting insects when on land.
His sister Adelaide married George Charles Champion
George Charles Champion
George Charles Champion was an English entomologist specialising in the study of beetles. He was the eldest son of George 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
Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine is a British entomological journal, first published in 1864. The journal publishes original papers and notes on all orders of insects and terrestrial arthropods from any part of the world, specialising in groups other than Lepidoptera.Although its name would...
. His house, in Summertown
Summertown, Oxford
Summertown in North Oxford is a suburb of Oxford, England.Summertown is a residential area, one mile square north of St Giles, the beautiful boulevard leading out of Oxford’s city centre. Summertown is home to exclusive schools and the city’s most expensive houses. On both sides of Banbury Road are...
, a select suburb of Oxford was named Aorangi, a Māori name for Aoraki/Mount Cook
Aoraki/Mount Cook
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching .It lies in the Southern Alps, the mountain range which runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers...
, a favourite place visited on his travels.
Walker's collections from the Pacific , Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
are shared by the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
, London and the Oxford University Museum which also conserves his British Coleoptera.
He was a Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
of the Royal Entomological Society (President 1919-20) and a Fellow of the Linnean Society.
External links
Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/texts directs to internet texts of- Edward SaundersEdward Saunders (entomologist)Edward Saunders was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera and Hemiptera and Hymenoptera.He was a businessman associated with Lloyds Bank studying entomology in his spare time. His Catalogus Buprestidarum of 1871 was 'a work whose importance was immediately recognised, and which has...
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) - Auguste Forel 1900 Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie. Récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 44:54-77