Francis Amasa Walker
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Francis Amasa Walker was an American economist, statistician, journalist, educator, academic administrator, and an officer in the Union Army. As a prolific author and the third president of the Massac
Walker c. 1885
Walker's father, Amasa Walker, was a prominent economist and politician in Massachusetts.
Walker as an assistant assistant adjutant general in the II Army Corps.
Walker as a professor of Political Economy at the Sheffield Scientific School
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1861 to advance "useful knowledge", the university has played a signif
Francis Amasa Walker
…statistician, journalist, educator, academic administrator, and an officer in the Union Army. As a prolific author and the third president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) until his death in 1897, Walker was a leading political economist and advocate for a policy of bimetallism by international agreement. His scholarly…
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