Walker, James (2), D.D
Walker, James (1), D.D
the venerable primus of the Scottish Church, bishop of Edinburgh, and Pantonian professor of divinity. No record remains of his birth or early life. He took a regular Scottish college course, graduated at the University of Cambridge, and in 1793, returning to his native country, devoted himself to literature as sub-editor of the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. In 1830 he was elected bishop of Edinburgh; also president, or primus, of the ministerial body to which he belonged. He died in 1841. Bishop Walker was highly instructive, amiable, and revered by all who knew him. See Christian Remembrancer, 1841, p. 319.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Walker, James (2), D.D
an American Unitarian clergyman, was born at Burlington, Mass., then a part of Woburn, Aug. 16, 1794. He graduated at Harvard College in 1814, and studied theology at Cambridge; was pastor of the Unitarian Church in Charlestown from 1818 to 1839; editor of the Christian Examiner from 1831 to 1839; was Alford professor of intellectual and moral philosophy from 1839 to 1853; and president of Harvard College from 1853 to 1860. He died at Cambridge, Dec. 23, 1874. Among his published works are, Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Harvard College (1861): Memoir of Josiah Quincy (1867). He was also editor of Stewart’s Active and Moral Powers (1849), and Reid’s Intellectual Powers (1850).