William Allis | |
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Born | William Phelps Allis November 15, 1901 |
Died | March 5, 1999 | (aged 97)
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Nancy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral students | Martin 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]