William Gillan Waddell

William Gillan Waddell (1884–1945) was Professor of Classics at now Cairo University.[1]

William Gillan Waddell
Born1884 
Died1945  (aged 60–61)
OccupationWriter, university teacher, papyrologist, hellenist, archaeologist 
Employer

Life

William Gillan Waddell was born at Neilston. He was Professor of Classics at Fuad el Awal University, the now named Cairo University at Cairo, Egypt (in 1940).[2] Waddell also was translator of ancient Greek and Latin into English.[3]

Some 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. 350. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, W. Heinemann Ltd. ISBN 9780674993853. OCLC 690604.
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gollark: Which might clean up sockets, if it happens to be leaking those somehow.
gollark: Anyway, `--gc:orc` switches from the normal garbage collector to vaguely rustacean automatic destructor insertion plus cycle detection.

References
  1. W. G. Waddell. Harvard University Press. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. "Notice de personne: Waddell, William Gillan (1884-1945)". Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  3. "Waddell, William Gillian (1884-1945)". Persée Parcourir les collections. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
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