ഫ്രാൻസിസ് വാക്കർ

ഫ്രാൻസിസ് വാക്കർ (31 ജൂലൈ 1809 – 5 ഒക്ടോബർ 1874) ഒരു ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പ്രാണിപഠനശാസ്ത്രജനായിരുന്നു. അദ്ദേഹം വളരെ പ്രശസ്തനും അതോടൊപ്പംതന്നെ ധാരാളം ഇളമുറ പര്യായങ്ങൾ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചതിന്റെ പേരിൽ വിവാദപുരുഷനും ആയിരുന്നു. 

അദ്ദേഹം 1848-1873 കാലയളവിൽ ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് മ്യൂസിയത്തിലെ വണ്ടുകൾ ഒഴികെയുള്ള പ്രാണികളുടെ പട്ടിക തയ്യാറാക്കാൻ നിയമിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. അദ്ദേഹം അവിടെയുള്ള നാച്ചുറൽ ഹിസ്റ്ററി മ്യൂസിയത്തിലെ ശേഖരത്തിലേക്ക് ധാരാളം ജീവികളെ കൂട്ടിചേർക്കുകയും മുന്നൂറിലധികം പ്രബന്ധങ്ങൾ എഴുതുകയും ചെയ്തു. അദ്ദേഹം തയ്യാറാക്കിയ ഓർത്തോപ്റ്റെറ, ന്യൂറോപ്റ്റെറ, ഹെമിപ്റ്റെറ, ഡിപ്‌റ്റെറ, ലെപിഡോപ്റ്റെറ, ഹൈമനോപ്റ്റെറ എന്നീ പട്ടികകൾ വളരെ പ്രശസ്തമാണ്. Chalcidoidea എന്നയിനം പരാദ കടന്നലുകളെക്കുറിച്ചു ആദ്യമായി പഠിച്ചത് അദ്ദേഹമാണ്. അദ്ദേഹം Entomological Society അംഗമായിരുന്നു. .അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ശേഖരങ്ങൾ Natural History Museum, Hope Department of Entomology (University of Oxford), National Museum of Ireland, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിലായി സൂക്ഷിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.

അദ്ദേഹം വളരെയധികം യാത്രകൾ ചെയ്യുകയും മലകയറ്റം ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്ന ആളുമായിരുന്നു.

 കുടുംബവും ബാല്യവും 
റോയൽ സൊസൈറ്റി, ലിനിയൻ സൊസൈറ്റി, റോയൽ ഹോർട്ടികൾച്ചറൽ സൊസൈറ്റി എന്നിവയുടെ ഫെലോ ആയിരുന്ന ആർണോസ് ഗ്രോവിലെ ജോൺ വാക്കറുടെ മകനായിരുന്നു ഫ്രാൻസിസ് വാക്കർ. 

പ്രധാന കൃതികൾ 
Monographia Chalciditum. Hypolitus Balliére, 219, Regent Street, London, J. B. Balliére, 13, Rue d' École de Médecine, Paris, J. and G. Weigel, Leipsig (Leipzig, Germany)(1839)
Insecta Britannica Diptera 3 vols. London (1851–1856)

പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണങ്ങളുടെ പട്ടിക
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1834. Monographia chalciditum (continued from p. 179.). Entomological Magazine. 2: 286-309.
1834. Monographia chalciditum (continued from p. 309). Entomological Magazine. 2(4): 340-369.
1835. Characters of some undescribed New Holland Diptera. Entomological Magazine. 2(5): 468-473.
1835. Monographia chalciditum (continued from p. 369). Entomological Magazine. 2(5): 476-502.
1835. Monographia chalciditum (continued from Vol. II., page 502.). Entomological Magazine. 3(1): 94-97.
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1843. Description des Chalcidites trouve au bluff de Saint-Jean, dans la Floride orientale; par MM. E. Doubleday et R. Forster. Premier mire. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. (2)1: 145-162.
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1846. Part I—Chalcidites. Pp. 1–100 In: List of the Specimens of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Printed by order of the Trustees, London. vi + 237 pp.
1849. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Printed by order of the Trustees [British Museum], London. 231-484 pp.
1849. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. Printed by order of the Trustees [British Museum], London. 485-687 pp.
1849. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Printed by order of the Trustees [British Museum], London. 689-1172 pp.
1850. Descriptions of aphides. (Continued from vol. v. p. 395). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2)6(31): 41-48.
1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. British Museum, London. 1188 pp.
1852. Diptera. Part I. Pp. 1–75 In: Insecta Saundersiana: Or Characters of Undescribed Species in the Collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. I. John Van Voorst, London. 474 pp.
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1853. Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. - Sialides-Nemopterides. British Museum, London. 193-476 pp.
1853. Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. - (Termitidae-Ephemeridae). British Museum, London. 477-585 pp.
1855. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 977-1257 pp.
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1858. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3)2(9): 202-209.
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1858. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XVI.--Deltoides. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-253 pp.
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1859. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. (Continued from p. 56). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3)3(16): 258-265.
1859. Catalogue of dipterous insects collected in the Aru Islands by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology. 3: 77-131.
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1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. Printed for the Trustees of the British Museum, London. 239 pp.
1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supplement to the Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. [Part I.] British Museum, London. 1-224 pp.
1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. [Locustidae (contd.).] British Museum, London. 225-423 pp.
1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. [Locustidae (contd.), Acrididae.] British Museum, London. 425-604 pp.
1871. Notes on Chalcidiae. Part I. Eurytomidae. E.W. Janson, London. 1-17 pp.
1872. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. 5. Printed for the Trustees of the British Museum, London. 1-202 pp.

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പുറം കണ്ണികൾ 
 Plates  from Insecta Britannica Diptera
 Internet Archive has digitised versions of Insecta Britannica Diptera (all three published volumes) and List of the ... Homopterous Insects in the ... Museum. (1852) Volume 4; List of the Specimens of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. (1846–48) pt. I. Chalcidites.--pt. II. Chalcidites. Additional species and Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. (1852–53) pt. I. Phryganides. Perlides.--pt. II. Sialid. Nemopterides.--pt. III. Termitid. Ephemerid.--pt. IV. Odonata
 Characters of Undescribed Lepidoptera Heterocera London, Janson (1869)
 with John Edward Gray Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supplement of the Blattariæ in the Collection of the British Museum. London, printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum (1869-1870 [1]
 1869-1870 Volume 1 [71]
 1869-1870 Volume 2 [71]
 1869-1870 Volume 3 [71]
 Universal Chalcidoid Database  pdfs of Walker's publications on Chalcidoids.
EOL Encyclopedia of Life Taxa described by Francis Walker. Complete. Sometimes has very detailed links to older literature.
Systema Dipterorum Nomenclator  Full list of Diptera taxa described by Francis Walker
Gaedike, R.; Groll, E. K. & Taeger, A. 2012: Bibliography of the entomological literature from the beginning until 1863: online database - version 1.0 - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut. 

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