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P. R. Wallace
Canadian physicist (1915-2006) · Canada · On the map · Scientists · Died at 90
P. R. Wallace 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).
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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.
Country
Canada
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 2006 · aged 90
