He went to the local grammar school and was afterwards apprenticed to Watson Alcock , the principal surgeon of the town serving him as an assistant .
Walker was born in Stockton - on - Tees , County Durham , on 1781 .
Walker went to the local grammar school and was afterwards apprenticed to Watson Alcock , the principal surgeon of the town serving Walker as an assistant .
Walker was born in Stockton - on - Tees , County Durham , on 1781 .