Skip to content
229,518 profiles ranked

No free photograph

Walker Hamilton

British writer (1934-1969) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 35

Walker Hamilton was a Scottish writer known for the 1968 novella All the Little Animals. He was the son of a coal-miner who left school at fifteen to do National Service, which did not last long due to poor health. In 1960, he married Dorothy and moved to a cottage in Cornwall.

Walker Hamilton is read about 2 times a day, in 6 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

About this person

He died of a heart attack nine years later.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 1969 · aged 35