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Authority record- CA QUA11983
- Person
- fl. 1940
W.S. Walker was a student in the School of Mining at Queen's University.
- CA QUA11982
- Person
- fl. 1939
W.J.K. Walker was a student in the School of Mining at Queen's University.
- CA QUA01132
- Person
- 1907-1992
Professor Walker (1907-1992) was born at Toronto. He received his B.A. from University College, University of Toronto in 1928. After a brief period as a Wall Street "Runner" Professor Walker returned to his studies, receiving an Honours B.A. in English in 1931 and a M.A. in 1943 from Selwyn College, Cambridge. From 1941 to 1944 he lectured at the Ordnance School, Barriefield, emerging with the rank of Major in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. In 1944 he joined the staff at Queen's University as an instructor in the English Department, where he remained until his retirement in 1972. While at Queen's he served as Commander of the Canadian Officers Training Corps, and was Queen's representative on the Military Studies Committee, National Confederation of Canadian Universities. He also worked closely with the Ontario Ministry of Education in the 1950s and 1960s concerning Grade XIII studies and examinations.