John Walker

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Born: 1732
Died: 1807
Works: 28

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The United States spelling book, with appropriate reading lessons
The United States' spelling book with appropriate reading lessons
Walker remodelled
Extracts from two unpublished letters of Linnaeus
A new critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language

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Listeners: 3,416
Total plays: 16,207

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John Walker (real name John Maus, November 12, 1943 - May 7, 2011) was one of the founder members of The Walker Brothers. After the Walker Brothers split in the late 1960s, he enjoyed a period of solo success with several hit singles and two well received albums. After briefly reforming in the mid-seventies with the classic Tom Rush number, ’No Regrets’ and a come back album of the same name, followed by a further two albums, ‘Lines’ and ‘Nite Flights’ the Walker Brothers broke – up again in 19

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Instance of: human
Family name: Walker
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Stockton-on-Tees
Place of death: Stockton-on-Tees
Occupation: chemist
Notable work: match
Image: John Walker 1781-1859.jpg

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manner of death: natural causes
date of birth: 1781-05-29
date of death: 1859-05-01
Commons gallery: John Walker
cause of death: cardiovascular disease
Commons category: John Walker (inventor)
wears: top hat

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John Walker, född 29 maj 1781 i Stockton-on-Tees, död 1 maj 1859 i Stockton-on-Tees, var en engelsk kemist som uppfann friktionständstickan 1826. Han tog inte patent på tändstickan. Denna artikel om en person med huvudsaklig anknytning till Storbritannien saknar väsentlig information. Du kan hjälpa till genom att lägga till den.

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