William Walker was

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of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1896 to 1906. He was born into a farming family in the

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and educated at

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and the city's university.‘WALKER, Very Rev. William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
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at St Andrew,

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he was Rector of

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from 1844 to 1900. He died on 11 March 1911.

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Year of birth missing 1911 deaths People from Garioch People educated at Aberdeen Grammar School Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Deans of Aberdeen and Orkney People from Monymusk {{UK-Anglican-clergy-stub