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Walker, William
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Walker, William (1871–1918), socialist. Born in Belfast, the son of a shipyard worker, he was apprenticed after elementary school as a joiner in
Harland & Wolff. He represented the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners on Belfast Trades Council. A
unionist politically, he helped found the Belfast branch of the Independent Labour Party in 1893. He was elected a poor law guardian in 1899 and a city councillor in 1903. In 1904 he became president of the Irish Trade Union Congress. He was an executive member of the British Labour Party. In 1905 he narrowly failed to get elected in the North Belfast by‐election, the first of several attempts at getting into parliament. His input into the Connolly‐Walker controversy on socialism and nationalism, in the socialist paper
Forward, is a classic statement of the unionist‐labour outlook subsequently known as Walkerism. In 1911, Walker became an official in the new National Insurance scheme.
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'To do things for the good of others': library philanthropy, William Walker, and the establishment of the Australiana collection at the Tasmanian Public Library in the 1920s and 1930s.
Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...contextualise the philanthropy of William Walker to the Tasmanian Public Library...focus on the book donations by William Walker to the Tasmanian Public...the Australian context, placing William Walker's library benefaction...
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Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American Literature.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2007; ; 564 words
; Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American...2544-6.) In Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American...examines the long-standing impact of William Walker, a Tennessee-born adventurer...
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Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American Literature
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2007; ; 422 words
; Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American...2544-6.) In Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American...examines the long-standing impact of William Walker, a Tennessee-born adventurer...
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William Walker Dies at 78; Was Foreign Service Officer
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/2/1990; 700+ words
; William Woodard Walker, 78, a Foreign Service officer for...Wootton Walker of Virginia Beach; a son, William Jr., of McLean; two daughters, Barbara...graduated from Potomac High School in Prince William County, where he had rowed for four...
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AMBASSADOR WILLIAM WALKER STATE DEPARTMENT AMBASSADOR WILLIAM WALKER GIVES OFF-CAMERA, ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING ON KOSOVO
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 1/8/1999; 700+ words
; ...Eastern Time 14:35 *** SPEAKER: AMBASSADOR WILLIAM WALKER, HEAD, KOSOVO VERIFICATION MISSION JAMES FOLEY...Friday afternoon. Very pleased that we have Ambassador William Walker, who's the head of the OSCE's Kosovo Verification...
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Analysis: Slobodan Milosevic faces NATO air strike if he does not reverse course in Kosovo and rescind his expulsion of US diplomat William Walker
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 1/19/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...rescind his expulsion of US diplomat William Walker Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER Time...demand is clearly that US diplomat William Walker be allowed to remain in...security they need. GJELTEN: William Walker has a French deputy, reported...
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William Walker, 1935-2007
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 11/29/2007; 357 words
; William Walker, 72, of Columbia passed away on Wednesday...time of service at the funeral home. William was born on Feb. 27, 1935, in Chamois to Ira and Dora Angel Walker, and they preceded him in death. He...
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William Walker Sr., 62 Owned auto repair service
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/3/1996; 356 words
; William Henry Walker Sr. of Dorchester, the former proprietor of W. H. Walker & Sons Tire and Auto Service, died Monday in Beth...Somerville and Karla of Dorchester; two sons, William of Dorchester and Gregory of Waltham; four brothers...
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William Walker, 79, British Army veteran, engineer, 79.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 7/18/2004; 471 words
; William Walker of Edgartown, a veteran and engineer, died Sunday at home. He was 79. Mr. Walker was born in London, England. He previously...lived there for the past 10 years. Mr. Walker received his engineering degree from Groydon...
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Evergreen Energy Appoints William Walker Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Business Wire; 4/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...energy and capital markets veteran William H. Walker, Jr. to its board of directors as its new non-executive chairman. Walker, 62, is former president of Howard...Evergreen's upcoming annual meeting, Walker's appointment, combined with...
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William Walker
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Walker William Walker (1824-1860) was a United States...The old, but still standard, work on Walker is William O. Scroggs, Filibusters...Greene, The Filibuster: The Career of William Walker (1937), and Albert Z. Carr...
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Atkinson, William Walker (1862-1932)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Atkinson, William Walker (1862-1932) Lawyer William Walker Atkinson was an important early exponent of New Thought...Los Angeles on November 22, 1932. Sources: Atkinson, William Walker. The Law of New Thought: A Study of Fundamental...
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Walker, William
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Walker, William (1824–1860) U.S. adventurer. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, William Walker received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1843...
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Walker, William Henry Talbot
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Walker, William Henry Talbot (1816–1864...officer. Born in Augusta, Georgia, Walker graduated from West Point in 1837 with...Tennessee during the Atlanta campaign, Walker led a sortie out of the city against besieging...
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The Quock Walker Trials: 1781-83
Book article from: Great American Trials
The Quock Walker Trials: 1781-83 Case...Jennison: John Sprague, William Stearns Judges: Moses...2); Chief Justice William Cushing, Nathaniel Sargent...permitted to reenter his Walker appeal because he had...jury by Chief Justice William Cushing, critical of...
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