William Allis
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. He was the grandson of Edward P. Allis, 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.