William F. Albright

William F. Albright
Albright in 1957
Born	(1891-05-24)May 24, 1891 Coquimbo, Chile
Died	September 19, 1971(1971-09-19) (aged 80) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality	American
Academic background
Education	Upper Iowa University Johns Hopkins University
Thesis	The Assyrian Deluge Epic[1] (1916)
Doctoral advisor	Paul Haupt[2]
Influences	Louis-Hugues Vincent[3]
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology biblical studies
Sub-discipline	Biblical archaeology
School or tradition	Biblical archaeology
Doctoral students	Francis Andersen Avraham Biran[4] John Bright[5] Raymond E. Brown Frank Moore Cross[6] Mitchell Dahood[7] Joseph Fitzmyer David Noel Freedman[6][8] William L. Moran[9] Abraham Sachs[10] Merrill Unger G. Ernest Wright[11]
Notable students	Harry Orlinsky[12]
Influenced	Ruth Amiran[13] Nelson Glueck[14] Nancy Lapp[15] Jacob M. Myers[16]

William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891– September 19, 1971) 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",^[17] having become known to the public in 1948 for his role in the authentication of the Dead Sea Scrolls.^[18] His scholarly reputation arose as a leading theorist and practitioner of biblical archaeology.

Albright was a leading theorist and practitioner of biblical archaeology, and is regarded as the founder of the biblical archaeology movement. He 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. Albright made significant contributions to the fields of Near Eastern studies, biblical archaeology, and ceramic typology, and his work has had a lasting impact on the understanding of ancient Near Eastern history and the historicity of the Bible.