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Wilson Dallam Wallis

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Wilson Dallam Wallis
University of Oxford Anthropology Diploma class of 1910-11. Wallis is on the left of the back row.
Born(1886-03-07)March 7, 1886
DiedMarch 15, 1970(1970-03-15) (aged 84)
Resting placeWorcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts
EducationDickinson College, B.A., Philosophy and Law (1907)
Oxford University, B.Sc., Anthropology (1910)
University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., Philosophy (1915)
SpouseGrace Steele Allen (1911–1930)
Ruth Otis Sawtell (1931–1970)
ChildrenVirginia D. Wallis Bowers
W. Allen Wallis
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology, Ethnology
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, Fresno Junior College, Reed College, University of Minnesota, University of Connecticut, Annhurst College
ThesisIndividual initiative and social compulsion (1915)
Notable studentsHelen Codere, Elizabeth Colson, Margaret Lantis, Melford Spiro

Wilson Dallam Wallis (March 7, 1886 – March 15, 1970) was an American anthropologist. He is remembered for his studies of "primitive" science and religions.

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

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  • The Malecite Indians of New Brunswick (Ottawa, 1957)
  • The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada (Minneapolis, 1955)
  • Messiahs: Christian and Pagan (Boston, 1918)

References

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  1. ^ Archives Inventory of the Wilson Dallam Wallis papers, 1935-54 University of Minnesota
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