John Walker (natural historian)

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John Walker FRSE
Rev Dr John Walker, Edinburgh's Professor of Natural History
Born	1731 (1731) Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	(1803-12-31)31 December 1803
Education	Canongate Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (DD; MD)
Occupation(s)	Professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh; moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Notable work	Schediasma Fossilium (1781) Delineato Fossilium (1782) Classes Fossilium: Sive Characteres Naturales et Chymici Classium et Ordinum in Systemate Minerali (1787) Institutes of Natural History (1792) An economical history of the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland (1808) Essays on Natural History and Rural Economy (1812)
Spouse	Jane Wallace Wauchope (m. 1789; d. 1827)
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Fellowships: Royal Society of Edinburgh, American Philosophical Society, Highland Society

John Walker FRSE (1731–1803) was a Scottish minister and natural historian. He was Regius Professor of Natural history at the University of Edinburgh from 1779 to 1803. He was joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783 and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1790.