John Walker

linguista, attore, scrittore, lessicografo

Person · Open Library

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Extracts from two unpublished letters of Linnaeus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
Given name: John
Family name: Walker
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Colney Hatch
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: English language
Image: John Walker by Henry Ashby.jpg

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date of birth: 1732-03-18
date of death: 1807-08-01
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons category: John Walker (lexicographer)

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Works in European collections

8 objects attributed to John Walker, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language .. to which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ...

A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language .. to which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ... : the whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical