Ephraim Avigdor Speiser

Ephraim Avigdor Speiser
Born	(1902-01-24)January 24, 1902 Skalat, Galicia
Died	June 15, 1965(1965-06-15) (aged 63) Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Occupation	Harrison Research Fellow in Semitics at the University of Pennsylvania
Known for	discovery of the ancient site of Tepe Gawra
Spouse	Sue Gimbel Dannenbaum
Academic background
Alma mater	Dropsie College (Ph.D.)
Academic work
Discipline	Assyriologist
Sub-discipline	Archaeology, Biblical commentator
Institutions	University of Pennsylvania
Notable students	Moshe Greenberg and Anne Draffkorn Kilmer
Notable works	Genesis (AYB)

Ephraim Avigdor Speiser (January 24, 1902 – June 15, 1965) was a Polish-born American Assyriologist and translator of the Torah. 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.^[1]