William Hallock 3471951 206169528 2008-04-17T03:29:18Z Brewcrewer 5452240 subcat '''William Hallock, Ph. D., D.Pharm.''' (1857-1913) was an [[United States|American]] physicist, born at [[Milton, New York]]. He graduated from [[Columbia College of Columbia University|Columbia College]] in [[1879]], and received the degree of Ph.D. from [[Würzburg]], [[Germany]] in [[1881]]. He served as professor of chemistry and toxicology at the [[National College of Pharmacy]] in [[1889]]-[[1892|92]], and as physicist of the [[United States Geological Survey]] from [[1882]] to [[1891]], then returned to [[Columbia University|Columbia]] as adjunct professor of physics in [[1892]]. He became full professor in [[1902]] and was [[dean (education)|dean]] of the [[faculty (university)|faculty]] of pure science ([[1906]]-[[1909|09]]). Professor Hallock wrote ''Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System'' (1906). {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallock, William}} [[Category:1857 births]] [[Category:1913 deaths]] [[Category:American chemists]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:American science writers]] [[Category:Columbia University alumni]] [[Category:Columbia University faculty]] [[Category:People from Saratoga County, New York]]