Background
He was born March 17, 1903 in Urmia, Iran and died in San Jose, California in 1988. William D. S. Daniel was born on March 17, 1903 in Urmia, Iran.
He was born March 17, 1903 in Urmia, Iran and died in San Jose, California in 1988. William D. S. Daniel was born on March 17, 1903 in Urmia, Iran.
He completed his primary education in the missionary schools where he studied the Assyrian language.
After surviving the Assyrian Genocide, William moved to Hamadan and began studying music While in Europe, he continued to study the Assyrian language and took to translating the French masterpiece "Cyrano de Bergerac" from French to Assyrian.