Biography of George Wallis, FSA

George Wallis (1811-91) Museum no. 896-1892

George Wallis (1811–91) was an art teacher and museum curator at the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), and in 1863  was appointed senior keeper of the art collections, a post he retained until just before his death.

See a full biography of George Wallis on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography website:
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28570?docPos=2