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] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1983.[4]
- ^ Yale University Press. (2009). The Literature of Ancient Egypt. Retrieved on 08-03-2009.
- ^ The Cambridge University Catalogue. (2009). The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited. Retrieved on 08-03-2009.
- ^ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. (2007). The Pennsylvania-Yale Excavations at Abydos, Egypt. Retrieved 08-03-2009.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-05-25.