(1926-2011): 1959-64 Associate Professor and Chair of Oriental Seminary, Johns Hopkins University; 1970-93 Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham; 1971 Fellow of the British Academy; 2010 identification of pieces from a cuneiform tablet that was inscribed with the same text as the Cyrus Cylinder with Irving Finkel; also noted for his new discoveries in relation to the Gilgamesh text.
