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Obadiah WALKER 1616-1699

Biographical Note

Born at Darfield, near Barnsley; son of William Walker of Worsbrough Dale, Yorkshire. Matriculated at Oxford in 1633, BA 1635, MA 1638. Appointed Master of University College, Oxford in 1676. He was acquainted with John Fell, and was influential in the publication of Anthony Wood's Athenae Oxonienses (1691-2). A Catholic, Walker lost his mastership following the 1688 Revolution and was arrested and briefly imprisoned in the Tower. He was released in 1690 and lived in London until his death.

Books

Gave books to University College, and to the Bodleian. Library sold by retail sale in London, 13.7.1699 (no catalogue survives).

Sources

Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010
Beddard, R. A. P. J. "Walker, Obadiah (1616–1699), college head and author." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Morgan, P. Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian. 2nd edn, Oxford, 1980.

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-Born at [[place of birth::Darfield, near Barnsley]]; son of [[family::William Walker]] of [[location::Worsbrough Dale, Yorkshire]]. Matriculated at [[education::University of Oxford|Oxford]] in 1633, BA 1635, MA 1638. Appointed [[occupation::Master]] of [[education::University College, Oxford]] in 1676. He was acquainted with [[crossreference::John Fell]], and was influential in the publication of [[crossreference::Anthony Wood|Anthony Wood's]] [[book title::''Athenae Oxonienses'']] ([[date of publication::1691;1692|1691-2]]). A Catholic, Walker lost his mastership following the 1688 Revolution and was arrested and briefly imprisoned in the Tower. He was released in 1690 and lived in [[location::London]] until his death.
+Born at [[place of birth::Darfield, near Barnsley]]; son of [[family::William Walker]] of [[location::Worsbrough Dale, Yorkshire]]. Matriculated at [[education::University of Oxford|Oxford]] in 1633, BA 1635, MA 1638. Appointed [[occupation::Master]] of [[education::University College, Oxford]] in 1676. He was acquainted with [[crossreference::John Fell]], and was influential in the publication of [[crossreference::Anthony Wood 1632-1695|Anthony Wood's]] [[book title::''Athenae Oxonienses'']] ([[date of publication::1691;1692|1691-2]]). A Catholic, Walker lost his mastership following the 1688 Revolution and was arrested and briefly imprisoned in the Tower. He was released in 1690 and lived in [[location::London]] until his death.
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