James L. Walker
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Born | June 1845 Manchester, United Kingdom |
Died | 2 April 1904 Mexico | (aged 58)
Pen name | Tak Kak |
Occupation | Writer, philosopher, physician, publisher, journalist, educator, lawyer |
Nationality | British-American |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Subject | Political philosophy |
Literary movement | Egoist anarchism Individualist anarchism |
Notable works | The Philosophy of Egoism |
James L. Walker (June 1845 – April 2, 1904), sometimes known by the pen name Tak Kak, was an American individualist anarchist of the Egoist school, born in Manchester, United Kingdom.[1]
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Walker was a physician by trade, but at varying times had also practiced law, taught at colleges, and been a newspaper publisher and editor. He spent most of his latter years residing in Mexico, having been lured to Monterrey by promises of patronage to start a Spanish-English daily newspaper there. When these promises eventually fell through, he nevertheless took it upon himself to publish a weekly English-language newspaper for several years before taking up medicine again. Intending to return to the United States after a bout with yellow fever in 1904, his travels through Mexico inadvertently brought him into contact with a local smallpox epidemic. Walker died on April 2 after being hospitalized against his will by local authorities.[5]
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