Wilson D. Wallis
Wilson Dallam Wallis (born March 7, 1886 in Forest Hill (Maryland) , † March 15, 1970 in South Woodstock (Connecticut) ) was an American anthropologist .
Wilson D. Wallis was a 1907 Rhodes Fellow at Oxford University , where he studied under EB Tylor . He did research on religion in so-called "primitive societies" and on North American Indian tribes.
Fonts
- Messiahs- Christian and Pagan , 1918
- Why do we laugh? . In: The Scientific Monthly . Volume XV, 1922
- An Introduction to Anthropology , 1926
- Culture and Progress , 1930
- Religion in Primitive Society . New York 1939
- Messiahs: Their Role in Civilization , Washington DC, 1943
- The Malecite Indians of New Brunswick . Ottawa 1957
- The Micmac Indians of eastern Canada . Minneapolis 1955
literature
- Robert F. Spencer (ed.): Method and perspective in anthropology: papers in honor of Wilson D. Wallis. Minneapolis: The Univ. of Minnesota Press, c1954
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wallis, Wilson D. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wallis, Wilson Dallam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forest Hill, Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1970 |
| Place of death | South Woodstock, Connecticut |