Jean-François Champollion
French philologist and orientalist
🗓️December 23, 1790 - March 4, 1832
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📖Biography
Jean-François Champollion was a French scholar known primarily as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and a founding figure in the field of Egyptology.
🏆Major Works & Achievements
- ✦Deciphered the Rosetta Stone
- ✦Father of Egyptology
- ✦Wrote Précis of the Hieroglyphic System
💬Famous Quotes
"I am all of Egypt and she is all for me
"Je tiens l'affaire! (I've got it!)
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