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James Walker was a male civil engineer and engineer born in Falkirk in 1781. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Great Britain and was educated at the University of Glasgow. Walker served as president of the Royal Society, an organization in which he was a member.
He received the distinction of being a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His work is recognized in the Royal Society collection. Walker died in Westminster in 1862.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 96
Top works
- Outlines of general chemistry
- Planning for the future of East Chicago, Indiana
- The armorial bearings of the several incorporated companies of Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Desert Hawks (Wells Fargo Trail Book #5)
- Warriors (Wells Fargo Trail Book #7)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-05-28
- Active to
- 1975-03-16
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 20,080
- Total plays
- 74,923
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There are at least three artists with this name: 1.) James Walker is an English singer/songwriter from Reading. Originally a session musician, he performed as a piano player for a number of touring artists, spending six years playing smokey cafés, obscure European festivals and at small venues all over the continent. After an unexpected illness, he fought a year-long battle with a rare heart condition, culminating in major surgery & rehabilitation. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Walk
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 215
- Cited by
- 15,787
Research areas
Most cited works
- Endogenous Opioids: Biology and Function1984 · 1,226 cit
- An endogenous capsaicin-like substance with high potency at recombinant and native vanilloid VR1 receptors2002 · 963 cit
- An endocannabinoid mechanism for stress-induced analgesia2005 · 769 cit
- Health Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery After 6 Years2012 · 669 cit
- Pain modulation by release of the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide1999 · 491 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2021 · cited 85,252x
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· 2015 · cited 76,010x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 68,314x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,908x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,562x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Walker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Falkirk
- Place of death
- Westminster
- Occupation
- civil engineer
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- University of Glasgow
- Image
- James walker.jpg
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- Commons category
- James Walker (engineer)
- date of birth
- 1781-09-14
- date of death
- 1862-10-08
- member of
- Royal Society
Sources (2)
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