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2 unusual facts about John Walker


Edward D'Avenant

According to John Walker in Sufferings of the Clergy, Davenant suffered sequestration at Gillingham during the First English Civil War, when his family numbered seven sons and five daughters, being replaced by Thomas Andrews.

Solidarity – The Union for British Workers

In a report in the newspaper Wales on Sunday, John Walker, National Treasurer for the BNP, said that the union is likely to contribute funds to the party.


Dream Mile

The term "Dream Mile" is also used to describe several other major athletics events, notably the 1974 Commonwealth Games 1500 metres race ("metric mile") fought out between Filbert Bayi and John Walker in Christchurch, New Zealand.

John Longmuir

He edited a combined version of John Walker's and Noah Webster's Dictionaries (London, 1864), and Walker's Rhyming Dictionary (London, 1865), with an introduction on English versification.

Snow White and The Madness of Truth

Reactions to the piece have been compared to reactions to Steve Earle's song "John Walker's blues", which appeared on his 2002 album "Jerusalem".

Synchrotron Radiation Source

Dr. John Walker won the 1997 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on ATPase, for which he carried out studies on one of the SRS beamlines.


see also

Eddie Mooney

The band released six albums, "The Dakotas", "The Beat Goes On", "Don't Look Back", "Everlasting", "Strong" and "Evolution" and were a regular fixture on the successful "Solid Silver 60s" tours (six to date), where they also backed acts such as Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, Wayne Fontana, John Walker of The Walker Brothers and others.

Ground Level

Ground Level was an Australian-based electronic music performance and production duo: David John Walker (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and Jean-Marie Guilfoil (Madison, Wisconsin, United States).

Maggie Barry

Featured were ‘bug man’ Ruud Kleinpaste, gardening experts Bill Ward, Jack Hobbs, Gordon Collier and Professor Thomas William Walker ("John Walker").

Pete Earley

His book about John Walker spy ring, Family of Spies, was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a CBS miniseries starring Powers Boothe and Lesley Ann Warren.

Prince Edward Island National Park

The park was the subject of a short film in 2011's National Parks Project, directed by John Walker and scored by Chad Ross, Sophie Trudeau and Dale Morningstar.

The Filmgoer's Companion

It was originally written by Leslie Halliwell, but since his death in 1989, it has been edited by John Walker.