Wilson Dallam Wallis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilson Dallam Wallis

anthropologist

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1886

Place of Birth: Forest Hill, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1970

Profession: university teacher, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.