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William F. Albright

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American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics (1891-1971)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1891 to 1971 · aged 80
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William Foxwell Albright was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics. He is considered "one of the twentieth century's most influential American biblical scholars," having become known to the public in 1948 for his role in the authentication of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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1957honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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William Foxwell Albright was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics. He is considered "one of the twentieth century's most influential American biblical scholars," having become known to the public in 1948 for his role in the authentication of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was a leading theorist and practitioner of biblical archaeology, and is regarded as the founder of the biblical archaeology movement. Albright served as the W. W. Spence Professor of Semitic Languages at Johns Hopkins University from 1930 to 1958 and was the Director of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem for several terms between 1922 and 1936.

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Lived 1891 to 1971 · aged 80
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