William Hallock, Ph. D., D.Pharm. (1857–1913) was an American physicist, born at
Milton, New York.
He graduated from
Columbia College in 1879, and received the degree of Ph.D. from
Würzburg
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,
German Empire in 1881.
He served as professor of chemistry and toxicology at the
National College of Pharmacy in 1889–92, and as physicist of the
United States Geological Survey
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from 1882 to 1891, then returned to
Columbia as adjunct professor of physics in 1892.
He became full professor in 1902 and was
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of the
faculty of pure science (1906–09).
Professor Hallock wrote ''Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System'' (1906).
Hallock was elected to the
American Philosophical Society
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in 1908.
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1857 births
1913 deaths
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