William Allis

William Allis
Born
William Phelps Allis

(1901-11-15)November 15, 1901
DiedMarch 5, 1999(1999-03-05) (aged 97)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Nancy
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral studentsMartin Harwit

William Phelps Allis (November 15, 1901 – March 5, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist specializing in electrical discharges in gases.[1] He was the grandson of Edward P. Allis,[2] founder of the E.P. Allis Company, which became Allis-Chalmers. His father Edward Phelps Allis was a leading comparative anatomist and evolutionary morphologist in the early twentieth century.[3]

  1. ^ Bers, Abraham; Haus, Hermann A. (October 1999). "Obituary: William Phelps Allis". Physics Today. 52 (10): 106. Bibcode:1999PhT....52j.106B. doi:10.1063/1.882876.
  2. ^ Morse, 1967 p. 100
  3. ^ Lauder, George V. (1981). "Edward Phelps Allis: discovery of his anatomical illustrations". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 16 (4): 283–291. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1981.tb01653.x.

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