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English chess player (1803–1879)

Person · Open Library

Born
1581?
Died
1651
Works
27

Top works

  • A sermon prached before the honourable House of Commons
  • Fishers folly unfolded
  • A Vindication of the Presbyteriall-government, and ministry
  • A Defence of the trve sence and meaning of the words of the Holy Apostle, Rom. chap. 4, ver. 3.5.9.
  • A Sermon preached in London by a faithfull minister of Christ, and perfected by him

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1685-02-23
Active to
1759-04-14
baroquebritishbritish composerclassicalcomposerenglish

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10,856
Total plays
38,704

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George Theophilus Walker (June 27, 1922 - August 23, 2018) was an African-American composer, the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He received the Pulitzer for his work Lilacs in 1996. Walker is the father of two sons, violinist and composer Gregory T.S. Walker and playwright Ian Walker. George Theophilus Walker was born in Washington, D.C. on June 27, 1922. His father emigrated from Kingston, Jamaica to the United States, where he became a physician after graduating from Temple Unive

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

    · 2007 · cited 79,651x

  2. Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>

    · 2015 · cited 73,357x

  3. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 47,787x

  4. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

    · 2015 · cited 40,064x

  5. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

    · 2015 · cited 26,949x

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date of birth
1803-03-13
date of death
1879-04-23
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George Walker (chess player)
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