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Ada Hill Walker

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Ada Hill Walker
Born1879
Died(1955-11-10)10 November 1955
NationalityBritish
Known forscientific illustrator
Illustration of Polychaetes (marine worms) illustrated by Ada Hill Walker in A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids by William M'Intosh

Ada Hill Walker (1879-10 November 1955) was a British scientific illustrator, artist and flower painter based in St Andrews in Scotland who provided illustrations for the scientific publications of William M'Intosh (1838-1931). She often signed her work as A.H.W., A.H. Walker and Ada H. Walker.

Life

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The daughter of Jessie (née Hill) and James Walker, Ada Hill Walker was an art teacher in St Andrews who with R. Smeaton Douglas co-authored A System of Brush Drawing and Design for Public Elementary Schools, a book on brush-drawing published in 1902 and for which Walker provided 15 illustrative plates. She was the younger sister of architect William Hill Walker (1875- c1955).[1][2] In the 1930s she was commissioned to paint murals in the New Picture House in her native St Andrews.[3]

Ada Hill Walker lived in St Andrews in Scotland all her life and died there in 1955.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ William Hill Walker and Ada Hill Walker in the 1901 Scotland Census - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (July 6, 2021, 1:36 am)". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk.
  3. ^ Helen Cook, St Andrews History Tour, Amberley Publishing (2017) - Google Books
  4. ^ Ada Hill Walker in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
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