William Kelly Simpson
William Kelly Simpson was an American professor of Egyptology, Archaeology, Ancient Egyptian literature, and Afro-Asiatic languages at Yale University.
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.Personal life
Simpson was born on January 3, 1928 in New York City, to Kenneth F. Simpson and Helen-Louise Knickerbacker Porter.
He married Marilyn Ellen Milton, a granddaughter of philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller Jr.. William and Marilyn have two children:
- Laura Knickerbacker Simpson
- Abigail Rockefeller Simpson, married Todd Mydland.
Simpson died on March 24, 2017 at the age of 89.Literature
