James Thomas Walker ( 1826 - 1896 )

Birth: Cannanore, India (01 December 1826) Death: 13 Cromwell Road, London (16 February 1896) Burial: Brompton cemetery, London Education: East India College, Addiscombe Career: Received a commission in the Bombay Engineers (1844); went to India (1846); surveyed the northern frontier (1849-1853); Lieutenant (1853); Assistant, Trigonometrical Survey of India under Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (FRS 1858) (1853-1860); served and severely wounded in the Indian Mutiny; Major (1858); Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India (1861-1883); Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Engineers; Surveyor General of India (1878-1883); Major General (1878); General (1884) Honours: CB 1877 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/06/1865.