Ephraim Avigdor Speiser
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 59 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 24,1902 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Skalat |
| Ukraine | |
| Date of died | June 15,1965 |
| Died | Elkins Park |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Notable student | Moshe Greenberg |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania |
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| ID | 1320575 |
Ephraim Avigdor Speiser Life story
Ephraim Avigdor Speiser was an Jewish Polish-born American Assyriologist. He discovered the ancient site of Tepe Gawra in 1927 and supervised its excavation between 1931 and 1938. Speiser was married to Sue Gimbel Dannenbaum, granddaughter of Charles Gimbel of the Gimbel Brothers.