William Gillan Waddell
Scottish Professor of Classics at what is now Cairo University
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William Gillan Waddell (21 April 1884 – 25 January 1945) was a Scottish Professor of Classics at what is now Cairo University.[1]
Born21 April 1884 
Died25 January 1945 (aged 60)
(aged 60)OccupationWriter, university teacher, papyrologist, hellenist, archaeologist
Employer
William Gillan Waddell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 April 1884 |
| Died | 25 January 1945 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | Writer, university teacher, papyrologist, hellenist, archaeologist |
| Employer | |
Life
Waddell was born in Neilston, Scotland. In 1906 he obtained his M.A. from the University of Glasgow.[2] He was Professor of Classics at Fuad el Awal University in Cairo, Egypt (in 1940).[3] Waddell was a translator of ancient Greek and Latin into English.[4]
Selected works
- Menander, of Athens; W G Waddell (1927). Selections from Menander. Oxford, Clarendon Press. OCLC 5329253.
- W G Waddell (1932). The lighter side of the Greek papyri: a talk to the St. Andrew's society, Cairo, Egypt. [Low Fell near Newcastle upon Tyne] : [C.F. Cutter]. OCLC 4145247.
- Herodotus; W G Waddell (1939). Herodotus, book II. Methuen's classical texts. London, Methuen & Co. OCLC 9272920.
- Manetho; Ptolemy; W G Waddell (1940). Manetho. Loeb classical library. Vol. 350. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, W. Heinemann Ltd. ISBN 9780674993853. OCLC 690604.
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