Wilson Dallam Wallis
Wilson Dallam Wallis (March 7, 1886 – March 15, 1970) was an American anthropologist. He is remembered for his studies of "primitive" science and religions.
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 University of Oxford Anthropology Diploma class of 1910-11. Wallis is on the left of the back row. | |
| Born | March 7, 1886 |
| Died | March 15, 1970 (aged 84) |
| Resting place | Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Dickinson College, B.A., Philosophy and Law (1907) Oxford University, B.Sc., Anthropology (1910) University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., Philosophy (1915) |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Steele Allen (1911–1930) Ruth Otis Sawtell (1931–1970) |
| Children | Virginia D. Wallis Bowers W. Allen Wallis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology, Ethnology |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, Fresno Junior College, Reed College, University of Minnesota, University of Connecticut, Annhurst College |
| Thesis | Individual initiative and social compulsion (1915) |
| Notable students | Helen Codere, Elizabeth Colson, Margaret Lantis, Melford Spiro |
Wallis was born in Forest Hill, Maryland. He completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy and law at Dickinson College, and in 1907 went up to Wadham College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, studying Edward Burnett Tylor. He received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1915.
From 1923 to 1954, he taught at the University of Minnesota. After retiring from Minnesota, he taught for a time at Annhurst College. He died in South Woodstock, Connecticut.[1]
Works
- The Malecite Indians of New Brunswick (Ottawa, 1957)
- The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada (Minneapolis, 1955)
- Messiahs: Christian and Pagan (Boston, 1918)
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References
- ArchivesInventory of the Wilson Dallam Wallis papers, 1935-54 University of Minnesota
External links
- Wilson Dallam Wallis at Find a Grave
- Wallis collection at the Canadian Museum of History
- Dickinson College photograph
- Wilson Dallam Wallis collection at the University of Minnesota
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