| William Foxwell Albright  Born: 24-May-1891
Birthplace: Coquimbo, Chile
Died: 19-Sep-1971
Location of death: Baltimore, MD
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Archaeologist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Biblical archaeologist at Johns Hopkins Military service: US Army Authenticated the Dead Sea Scrolls. Father: Wilbur Finley (missionary)
Mother: Zephine Viola Foxwell Albright (missionary)
Wife: Dr. Ruth Norton (m. 1921, four sons)
University: Upper Iowa University (1912)
University: PhD, Oriental Seminary, Johns Hopkins University (1913)
Professor: W. W. Spence Professor of Oriental Languages, Johns Hopkins University (1929-59)
Professor: Visiting Professor, University of Chicago (1946)
National Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society Vice President (1956-)
Author of books:
Archaeology of Palestine and the Bible (1932)
From the Stone Age to Christianity (1940)
Archaeology and the Religion of Israel (1942)
Archaeology and Christian Humanism (1964)
New Horizons in Biblical Research (1966)
Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan (1968)
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