Background
Myers was born on October 25, 1904 in West Manchester, Pennsylvania to Harvey A. Myers and his wife Annie (nee Seiffert).
Myers was born on October 25, 1904 in West Manchester, Pennsylvania to Harvey A. Myers and his wife Annie (nee Seiffert).
His Doctor of Philosophy work was done at Johns Hopkins University in Semitics and completed in 1946.
His academic education started at Gettysburg Seminary followed by the Temple University in Philadelphia. Whilst at Johns Hopkins he came under the profound influence of Professor West. F. Albright.