P. R. Wallace Scientist

P. R. (Philip Russell; "Phil") Wallace (April 19, 1915 – March 20, 2006) was a Canadian theoretical physicist and long-time professor at McGill University. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (India). He had a distinguished career as educator, researcher, and activist in science and society, but he is increasingly well known for his pioneering paper in 1947 on the band structure of graphite, and particularly graphene, the subject of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 19, 1915
Birth place
Toronto , Canada
Nationality
Canada
Date of deathMarch 20, 2006
Place of death
Victoria British Columbia , Canada
Education
University of Toronto

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Field of study
Theoretical physics

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