James Walker (chemist)

Sir James Walker FRS^[1] FRSE FCS LLD (6 April 1863 – 6 May 1935) was a Scottish chemist.^[2] He worked mainly on inorganic and physical chemistry. His major contribution was in the study of chemical reaction kinetics based on a study of the reactions converting ammonium cyanate to urea which was published in 1895 along with Frederick J. Hambly (1878-1960).^[3]

^ Kendal, J. (1935). "Sir James Walker. 1863-1935". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (4): 536–549. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1935.0017. JSTOR 768984.
^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56154. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Walker, James; Hambly, Fred. J. (1895). "LXXVII.—Transformation of ammonium cyanate into urea". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 67 (0): 746–767. doi:10.1039/CT8956700746. ISSN 0368-1645.

[frs-1] Kendal, J. (1935). "Sir James Walker. 1863-1935". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (4): 536–549. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1935.0017. JSTOR 768984.

[odnb-2] "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56154. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] Walker, James; Hambly, Fred. J. (1895). "LXXVII.—Transformation of ammonium cyanate into urea". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 67 (0): 746–767. doi:10.1039/CT8956700746. ISSN 0368-1645.

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