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

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

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.