William Gillan Waddell (21 April 1884 – 25 January 1945) was a Scottish Professor of Classics at what is now Cairo University.

[1] Waddell was born in Neilston, Scotland.

from the University of Glasgow.

[2] He was Professor of Classics at Fuad el Awal University in Cairo, Egypt (in 1940).

[3] Waddell was a translator of ancient Greek and Latin into English.