Born: Detroit, Michigan.
Died: Detroit, Michigan.
Occupation: Lawyer, Amateur Malacolgist.
Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 1876; admitted to the bar, 1878; Honorary Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1912.
Research Interests: Freshwater and land mollusks.
Remarks: Left his large personal collection to the University of Michigan.
According to C. Goodrich (1936) "It was a belief of his that he was the first to observe the advent of the English sparrow in eastern Michigan. He saw the bird feeding among chickens in a yard of the suburban Springwells and collected it by means of a top-heavy, muzzel-loading shotgun, with maybe some of the chickens."
Related to William Cullen Bryant through his mother.
Data from: Abbott, R.T., and M.E. Young (eds.). 1973. American Malacologists: A national register of professional and amateur malacologists and private shell collectors and biographies of early American mollusk workers born between 1618 and 1900. American Malacologists, Falls Church, Virginia. Consolidated/Drake Press, Philadelphia. 494 pp.
Other References: Goodrich, C. 1936. Bryant Walker 1856-1936. Nautilus 50(2):59-64 + 1 plate.
Goodrich, C. 1939. The scientific writings of Bryant Walker an annotated bibliography. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 402. 28 pp. + 1 plate.