John Chadwick

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John Chadwick was a British linguist and classical scholar best known for helping to decipher the ancient Mycenaean Greek script known as Linear B.

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John Chadwick canonical 10

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instanceOf classical scholar ⓘ
human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
awardReceived Fellow of the British Academy ⓘ
coAuthor Michael Ventris ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1920-05-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-11-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Paul’s School, London ⓘ
employer University of Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Chadwick ⓘ
fieldOfWork Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
classics ⓘ
decipherment of scripts ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
genre academic writing ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasWikipediaArticle John Chadwick ⓘ
influencedBy Michael Ventris ⓘ
knownFor decipherment of Linear B ⓘ
work on Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
memberOf British Academy ⓘ
militaryService Royal Navy ⓘ
name John Chadwick ⓘ
notableStudent scholars of Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
notableWork Documents in Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
The Decipherment of Linear B ⓘ
occupation classicist ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge ⓘ
linked to: CAMBRIDGE

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
reader in Greek at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
residence Cambridge ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studies Mycenaean civilization ⓘ
ancient Greek language ⓘ
workedOn Linear B ⓘ
Mycenaean inscriptions ⓘ

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Linear B inscriptions → coDecipherer → John Chadwick ⓘ
Mycenaean Greek → decipheredBy → John Chadwick ⓘ
Linear B → deciphermentContributor → John Chadwick ⓘ
Michael Ventris → collaboratedWith → John Chadwick ⓘ
Michael Ventris → coAuthor → John Chadwick ⓘ
John Chadwick → name → John Chadwick ⓘ
John Chadwick → hasWikipediaArticle → John Chadwick ⓘ
Michael Ventris → collaboratedWith → John Chadwick ⓘ
subject linked to: Ventris
John Chadwick → name → John Chadwick ⓘ
subject linked to: John
The Decipherment of Linear B → author → John Chadwick ⓘ