Person
Wallis, William Fisher (1874 - 1963)
- Born
- 5 June 1874
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America - Died
- 23 June 1963
- Occupation
- Geophysicist and Magnetic observer
Summary
William Wallis worked for the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA from 1913 to 1946. He was sent to Western Australia as Observer-in-charge at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in 1919.
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Chronology
- 1899
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (AB), John Hopkins University
- 1900 - 1910
- Career position - Magnetic Observer on the US Coast and Geodetic Survey
- 1913
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- 1913 - 1946
- Career position - Magnetician in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
- 1919
- Career position - Observer-in-charge at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia
Published resources
Resources
- 'Wallis, William Fisher (1874-1963)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475438. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Wallis, William Fisher', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001836p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018
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