Background
Walker, Robert Sparks was born on February 4, 1878 in Chickamauga, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Walker.
Walker, Robert Sparks was born on February 4, 1878 in Chickamauga, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Walker.
Student Maryville (Tennessee) College, 1900. Bachelor of Laws, University of Chattanooga, 1905.
Editor Southern Fruit Grower, and president Fruit Grower Public Company, 1900-1921. Department editor New South Magazine, 1926-1927. Editor Nature Department of The Flower Grower, 1923-1934.
Founder Elberta Clark Walker fund for 2 annual cash prizes in national nature poetry contest, through Chattanooga Writers’ Club.
President Tennessee State Horticultural Society, 1915. Life member Tennessee Academy Science, Chattanooga Writers’ Club (honorary), The International Mark Twain Society (honorary), The Tennessee State Garden Clubs (honorary).
Congregationalist. Organized and was leader Chattanooga-Lookout Mountain Hiking Clubs, with 1000 members and 40 units, and leader of the Master’s Hiking Club, 1932-1932.
Director and leader Cumberlands Hiking Club, 1932-1938 (honorary president). Naturalist and lecturer Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from 1920.
The Robert Sparks Walker Audubon Society named for him, 1944, with program including the Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary containing over 100 acres. Author books from 1926.
Latest; States Flowers and State Birds, 1950.
Editor nature department Chattanooga Times, from 1933. Editor Flower and Feather magazine Editor and compiler Prize-Winning Nature Poems, an anthology, 1937. Home: Chattanooga, Tennessee†.
Member Tenn; members and 40 units, and leader of the Master’s Hiking Club, 1932-1932.
Married South. Elberta Clark, August 16, 1904 (died February 26, 1924). Children: Robert Sparks (deceased), Wendell Clark.