Walker accomplished it with great judgment, and was rewarded by the sale of a thousand copies in a few months.
Walker made valuable researches in the archives of the Bodleian Library and of other university collections.
12mo), consisting of selections from books and manuscripts in the Bodleian relating to university matters.
This was followed in 1813 by ‘Letters written by Eminent Persons, from the Originals in the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum’ (London, 2 vols.
Walker was one of the original proprietors of the ‘Oxford Herald,’ and for several years assisted in the editorial work.
In 1819, Walker was presented by the warden and fellows of New College to the vicarage of Hornchurch in Essex, and resided there during the rest of his life.
Besides the works mentioned, he was the author of ‘Curia Oxoniensis; or Observations on the Statutes which relate to the University Court’ (3rd edit.