William Gillan Waddell

William Gillan Waddell (21 April 1884 – 25 January 1945) was a Scottish Professor of Classics at what is now Cairo University.^[1]

William Gillan Waddell
Born	21 April 1884
Died	25 January 1945  (aged 60)
Occupation	Writer, university teacher, papyrologist, hellenist, archaeologist
Employer	Cairo University

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.

References

1. W. G. Waddell. Harvard University Press. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
2. "William Gillan Waddell". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
3. "Notice de personne: Waddell, William Gillan (1884–1945)". Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Waddell, William Gillian (1884–1945)". Persée Parcourir les collections. Retrieved 26 July 2020.