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Jean-François Champollion (French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa ʃɑ̃pɔljɔ̃]), also known as Champollion le jeune ('the Younger'; 23 December 1790 – 4 March 1832), was a French philologist and orientalist, known primarily as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and a founding figure in the field of Egyptology.
Jean-François Champollion (born December 23, 1790, Figeac, France—died March 4, 1832, Paris) was a French historian and linguist who founded scientific Egyptology and played a major role in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Apr 19, 2023 · Jean-François Champollion is called the father of Egyptology. Using the Rosetta Stone, he was able to decipher the ancient Egyptian language.
Jean-François Champollion © Champollion was a French classical scholar and archaeologist, responsible for deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. He is celebrated as the founding father of...
Jean-François Champollion1790-1832 French Egyptologist, Linguist and Historian Jean-Francois Champollion was one of the founders of Egyptology as it became a scientific discipline in the nineteenth century.
May 26, 2023 · Here is everything you need to know about the life and major achievements of Jean-François Champollion, the French Egyptologist and linguist who advanced the study of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
May 14, 2018 · The French Egyptologist Jean François Champollion (1790-1832) was the father of Egyptology and the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Born on Dec. 23, 1790, in Figeac, Lot Department, Jean François Champollion was educated at the lyceum in Grenoble (1801-1807).
Jean-François Champollion (December 23, 1790 – March 4, 1832) was a French classical scholar, philologist, orientalist, and Egyptologist, famous for deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs. Champollion was a gifted linguist, and his work on the Rosetta Stone opened the way for translation of the writings from the culture of ancient Egypt .
CHAMPOLLION, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (1790–1832), French linguist and Egyptologist. Jean-François Champollion, le jeune (the younger—to distinguish him from his older brother, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac), was born in southeastern France, near Grenoble, on 23 December 1790, and died forty-two years later in Paris on 4 March 1832. During his ...
Jul 19, 2018 · Jean-François Champollion was born in 1790 in Figeac, Midi-Pyrénées, France. He spent his early years in the family house surrounded by books hidden for the time of the French Revolution by his father, a former bookseller.
