Horace Walker (1838 – 1908) was an English mountaineer who made many notable first ascents, including Mount Elbrus and the Grandes Jorasses.
Born in 1838, Walker was the son of Liverpool lead merchant and mountaineer Francis Walker (1808–1872) and brother of Lucy Walker (1836–1916), the first woman to climb the Matterhorn.
Walker was President of the Alpine Club in 1891-1893.
The Horace Walker glacier and Horace Walker hut in the Southern Alps of...
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Date of birth:
- 1838
Date of death:
- 1908 (age 70 years)
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