Francis Amasa Walker - North Brookfield, MA
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The grave of American economist, military leader, and author Francis Amasa Walker is located in section 1 of in Pine Grove Cemetery on Elm Street in North Brookfield., MA.
Waymark Code: WM14701
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2021
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The grave of Francis Amasa Walker is marked with a ledger stone which is inscribed:
FRANCIS AMASA
WALKER
BORN JULY 2, 1840
DIED JANUARY 5
1897
Francis Amasa Walker was born on July 2, 1840 in Boston, MA. He graduated from Amherst College and was commissioned an officer in the 15th Massachusetts Infantry where he served as assistant Adjutant General. After the Civil War, at age 24, he was awarded the honorary title of Brevet Brigadier General, United States Volunteers.
He served on the editorial staff of the Springfield Republican before becoming the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. In 1882, he then became President of the American Statistical Association in 1882, President of the American Economic Association in 1886, and vice president of the National Academy of Sciences in 1890. He was the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1881 to until his death on January 5, 1897.
Books by Francis Amasa Walker:
History of the Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac
The Indian Question
Political Economy
Discussions in Economics and Statistics: Finance and Taxation, Money and Bimetallism, Economic Theory
Reports and Awards
Discussions in Education
Discussions in economics and statistics, Volume 1
Discussions in Economics and Statistics, Volume 2
Money
Social Problems
Chapters of Erie, and Other Essays
Lectures Delivered Before the Students of Phillips Exeter Academy
General Hancock
International Bimetallism
First Lessons in Political Economy
Land and Its Rent