====== Martin, William James ======

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== Name ==
Martin, William James

== Dates ==
25 May 1904 - 21 March 1980

== Birthplace ==
Broughshane, Northern Ireland

== Specialization ==
Assyriology; Biblical Studies

== Major works ==
Tribut und Tributleistunfen bei den Assyrern, Helsinki/Leipzig 1936 Letters and Documents of the Old-Babylonian Period (UET 5), London/Philadelphia 1953 (with H.H. Figulla) Stylistic Criteria and the Analysis of the Pentateuch, London 1955

== Remarks ==
Ph.D., University of Leipzig (under B. Landsberger) Assistant Lecturer in Semitic Languages and Literatures, University of Manchester, 1936-1937 Rankin Lecturer in Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages, University of Liverpool, 1937-1970

== Obituaries ==
AfO 27 (1980) 329 (A.R. Millard), with photo