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Name: Jean François Champollion
Birth Date: December 23, 1790
Death Date: March 4, 1832
Place of Birth: Figeac, Lot Department, France
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: egyptologist

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Biography of Jean François Champollion
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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...


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1790-1832 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. His most important contribution was the deciphering of hieroglyphic...
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Jean-François Champollion (23 December 1790 – 4 March 1832) was a French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist. Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs with the help of groundwork laid by his predecessors: Silvestre de Sacy, Johan...


 

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