William Kelly Simpson

William Kelly Simpson (January 3, 1928 – March 24, 2017) was an American professor of Egyptology, Archaeology, Ancient Egyptian literature, and Afro-Asiatic languages at Yale University.[1][2]

He was one of several co-directors of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Yale University Expedition to Abydos, Egypt, which conducts archaeological excavations of ancient sites.[3]

Personal life

Simpson was born on January 3, 1928 in New York City, to Kenneth F. Simpson (1895-1941) and Helen-Louise Knickerbacker Porter (1893-1981).[4]

He married Marilyn Ellen Milton (1931—1980), a granddaughter of philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller Jr.. William and Marilyn have two children:

  • Laura Knickerbacker Simpson (1954-2012)
  • Abigail Rockefeller Simpson (born 1958), married Todd Mydland.

Simpson died on March 24, 2017 at the age of 89.[5]

Literature
  • Peter Manuelian (editor): Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1996 ISBN 0878463909

See also

References
  1. Yale University Press. (2009). The Literature of Ancient Egypt. Retrieved on 08-03-2009.
  2. The Cambridge University Catalogue. (2009). The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited. Retrieved on 08-03-2009.
  3. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. (2007). The Pennsylvania-Yale Excavations at Abydos, Egypt. Retrieved 08-03-2009.
  4. David Shavit, The United States in the Middle East: A Historical Dictionary (Greenwood Press, 1988: ISBN 0-313-25341-2)
  5. "Beloved TD fellow passes at 89". yaledailynews.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.



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