Edward Dwight Walker
(10 November 1859 − 1 May 1890)
American writer and magazine editor. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1859; graduated from Williams College in 1880 and worked as a writer and editor at Harper's Weekly. Became editor of Cosmopolitan magazine in March 1888, introducing serial fiction, book reviews and color illustrations, before being passed over for the position in 1889. A Theosophist, he expanded his Path series "Reincarnation" (May—July 1887) into the book Reincarnation: A Study of Forgotten Truth (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., and London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1888), a 325-page study with an extensive bibliography that became one of the best-known Theosophical works on the subject. Drowned, apparently by accident, in the Roanoke River, North Carolina, in May 1890, aged 30.
Some links:
- Works: Walker E.D. (works)
- Other resources: Find a Grave, Reincarnation: A Study of Forgotten Truth (1888) at the Internet Archive
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To show: Edward Dwight Walker; sortable: Walker, Edward Dwight
Person's short name: E. D. Walker; sortable: Walker, E. D.; for categories: Walker E.D.
Lifetime: 1859-1890
Shortly: American writer and magazine editor. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1859; graduated from William...