Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ephraim Avigdor Speiser

American archaeologist

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1902

Place of Birth: Skalat, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 15-Jun-1965

Profession: translator, archaeologist, anthropologist, assyriologist, Bible translator

Nationality: United States, Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ephraim Avigdor Speiser (January 24, 1902 – June 15, 1965) 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.
They had two children together, Jean and Joel.