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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001836b.htm person Wallis William Fisher AACR2 5 June 1874 23 June 1963 Place of Birth Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Geophysicist Magnetic observer 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. 1899 1899 Education - Bachelor of Arts (AB), John Hopkins University 1900 1910 Career position - Magnetic Observer on the US Coast and Geodetic Survey 1913 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 1919 Career position - Observer-in-charge at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia Wallis, William Fisher (1874-1963)

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 'Wallis, William Fisher', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wallis, William Fisher Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Wallis, William Fisher Wallis, William Fisher Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham