Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959), scholar
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Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959) was an Australian scholar, active in Egypt and the United States.
Biography
Arthur Jeffery was born October 18, 1892 in Melbourne, Australia.
He is professor of Semitic languages from 1921 at the School of Oriental Studies in Cairo, and from 1938 until his death jointly at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
Jeffery died August 2, 1959 in South Milford, Nova Scotia, Canada.