Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,857 times.
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William Walker
William Walker was an American journalist and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of manifest destiny, Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies. Such an enterprise was known at the time as "filibustering".
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science · American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary (1824–1860) · journalist · lawyer · adventurer · filibuster · physician · politician · writer · also William Walker, William Walker (filibuster), Walker
Born 8 May 1824 · Died 12 September 1860 · Q196401
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2015· 2 entries
Published “Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>” in Journal of Statistical Software — cited 76,397 times.
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1963· 1 entry
“Opis: rozmowa między oboma politykami podczas konferencji w San José w Kostaryce w 1963.”
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1955· 1 entry
“How Tennessee Adventurer William Walker became Dictator of Nicaragua in 1857 The Norvell family origins of The Grey Eyed Man of Destiny”
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1860· 3 entries
Died 1860-09-12.
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As War in Nicaragua), Walker once again returned to the region
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Published a book titled The War in Nicaragua, which promoted his efforts to conquer Central America in order to expand slavery geographically
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1857· 3 entries
After Walker surrendered, Xatruch made a triumphant entrance to Comayagua, which was then the capital of Honduras
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Walker surrendered to Commander Charles Henry Davis of the United States Navy under the pressure of Costa Rica and the Central American armies and was repatriated
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The Norvell family origins of The Grey Eyed Man of Destiny"
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1856· 5 entries
As Granada was surrounded by 4,000 troops from Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, along with independent Nicaraguan allies, Charles Frederick Henningsen, one of Walker's generals, ordered his men to set th
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Guatemalan Colonel José Víctor Zavala crossed the square of the city to the house where Walker's soldiers took shelter
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And soon launched an Americanization program, reinstating slavery, declaring English an official language, and reorganizing currency and fiscal policy to encourage emigration from the United States
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And on June 3 the Democratic national convention expressed support of the effort to "regenerate" Nicaragua
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Career landmark: President of Nicaragua (1856–1857).
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1855· 1 entry
As leader of a mercenary army employed by the Nicaraguan Democratic Party in its civil war against the Legitimists
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1854· 1 entry
A civil war erupted in Nicaragua between the Legitimist Party (also called the Conservative Party), based in the city of Granada, and the Democratic Party (also called the Liberal Party), based in León
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1853· 1 entry
Walker set out with forty-five men to conquer the Mexican territories of Baja California Territory and Sonora State
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1843· 2 entries
Studied at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Medicine (1843).
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At the age of 19, he received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania
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1838· 1 entry
Studied at University of Nashville (1838).
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1824· 2 entries
Born 1824-05-08.
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To James Walker and his wife Mary Norvell
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