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Christopher Joseph WalkerCF (10 July 1942 – 18 April 2017) was a British historian and author.
Walker was educated atLancing College andBrasenose College, Oxford.
He worked inSotheby's department of historical and literary manuscripts. After winning aWinston ChurchillTravelling Fellowship in 1971 he wrote a book onArmenian history which was reissued in 1990. In 1975 with the support of "Minority Rights Group" he published "The Armenians" report (co-author - prof.David Marshall Lang).[1] In November 1989 atOxford University Walker had a lecture on the modernhistory of Armenia. He also wrote several books and articles on the history ofArmenia, including the bookArmenia: The Survival of a Nation, which has been described as an "excellent history ofGreater Armenia"[2] and "a balanced presentation" of the events during theArmenian genocide of 1895–1918.[3]
After a long-time research in archives, in 2003 Walker completed his book,Life ofOliver Baldwin, about a soldier, statesman, and journalist, the son of a ConservativePrime Minister, who became a Labour member ofBritish Parliament.
