Jean-François Champollion

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Jean-François Champollion was a French scholar and linguist renowned as the founder of Egyptology for first successfully deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptologist ⓘ
academic ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
birthDate 1790-12-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Figeac ⓘ
France ⓘ
Lot department ⓘ
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1832-03-04 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
employer Collège de France ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName Champollion ⓘ
fieldOfWork Egyptology ⓘ
decipherment of writing systems ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
philology ⓘ
givenName Jean-François ⓘ
influenced development of modern Egyptology ⓘ
knownFor decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
founding Egyptology as a scientific discipline ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Arabic ⓘ
Coptic ⓘ
Ethiopic ⓘ
French ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
memberOf Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ⓘ
name Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableAchievement demonstrated that Coptic preserves the language of ancient Egypt ⓘ
identified phonetic values of hieroglyphic signs using the Rosetta Stone ⓘ
notableWork Dictionnaire égyptien en écriture hiéroglyphique ⓘ
Grammaire égyptienne ⓘ
Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques ⓘ
Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens ⓘ
occupation Egyptologist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
positionHeld professor of Egyptian antiquities at the Collège de France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac ⓘ
spouse Rosine Blanc ⓘ
traveledTo Egypt ⓘ
workLocation Grenoble ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
yearOfSignificantDiscovery 1822 ⓘ

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Egyptian hieroglyphs → decipheredBy → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Egyptology → hasKeyFigure → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian → deciphermentContributor → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Rosetta Stone → decipheredBy → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Ramesseum → namedBy → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Figeac → notablePersonBornHere → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Figeac → notablePersonBornHere → Jacques-Paul Champollion ⓘ
linked to: Jean-François Champollion
Jean-François Champollion → name → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Jean-François Champollion → familyName → Champollion ⓘ
linked to: Jean-François Champollion
Lepsius → academicAdvisor → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Lepsius → influencedBy → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
EA 24 → deciphermentContributor → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Musée Champollion – Les Écritures du Monde → honours → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Figeac → birthPlaceOf → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
subject linked to: Figeac, Lot, France
Grammaire égyptienne → author → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Grammaire égyptienne → associatedPerson → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Rosine Blanc → spouse → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Turin Papyrus of Kings → studiedBy → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac → sibling → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac → relative → Jean-François Champollion ⓘ