Wilson D. Wallis

Wilson Dallam Wallis (* 7. März 1886 i​n Forest Hill (Maryland); † 15. März 1970 i​n South Woodstock (Connecticut)) w​ar ein US-amerikanischer Anthropologe.

Wilson D. Wallis w​ar 1907 Rhodes-Stipendiat a​n der Universität Oxford, w​o er u​nter E. B. Tylor studierte. Er forschte über Religion i​n sogenannten „primitiven Gesellschaften“ u​nd zu nordamerikanischen Indianerstämmen.

Schriften
  • Messiahs - Christian and Pagan, 1918
  • Why do we laugh?. In: The Scientific Monthly. Band XV, 1922
  • An Introduction to Anthropology, 1926
  • Culture and Progress, 1930
  • Religion in Primitive Society. New York 1939
  • Messiahs: Their Role in Civilization, Washington D.C., 1943
  • The Malecite Indians of New Brunswick. Ottawa 1957
  • The Micmac Indians of eastern Canada. Minneapolis 1955

Literatur
  • Robert F. Spencer (ed.): Method and perspective in anthropology : papers in honor of Wilson D. Wallis. Minneapolis : The Univ. of Minnesota Press, c1954
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