Wallis, Wilson D. (Wilson Dallam), 1886-1970

Wilson Dallam Wallis was born in Forest Hill MD, graduated from Dickinson College in 1907 with a degree in philosophy and law. He became interested in anthropology while studying on a Rhodes Scholarship, and took an Oxford B.Sc. in anthropology in 1910. Returning to the United States, he took a Ph. D. in philosophy in 1915. Wallis joined the new anthropology dept. at the University of Minnesota in 1919 and became chairman in 1938. He continued to serve as chairman until his retirement in 1954, when he moved to South Woodstock, Connecticut, and he began teaching at Annhurst College.

From the description of Papers, 1935-1954. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63300871

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