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E. D. (Edward Dwight) Walker
1859–1890
An American editor and writer whose brief life left a distinctive mark on late 19th-century spiritual thought, he is best known for a widely read book on reincarnation. His work blends curiosity, argument, and a strong interest in ideas that were unconventional for his time.
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Reincarnation : A study of forgotten truth
by E. D. (Edward Dwight) Walker
About the author
Born in New Haven in 1859, Edward Dwight Walker was an American editor and author active in the late nineteenth century. Sources available here identify him as a graduate of Williams College and connect him with editorial work at Harper’s Weekly and Cosmopolitan during his short career.
Walker is best remembered for Reincarnation: A Study of Forgotten Truth (1888), a book that helped bring discussion of reincarnation and related spiritual ideas to a broader English-speaking audience. Records from major library catalogs and archives confirm the book’s publication in 1888, and surviving bibliographic records also show poetry among his published work.
He died in 1890, still very young. Because reliable biographical information online appears to be limited, many personal details remain lightly documented, but his surviving writings show an energetic, intellectually adventurous voice.