Champollion Jean François
Related to Champollion Jean François: Jean Francois Champollion
Cham·pol·lion
(shäN-pô-lyôN′), Jean François 1790-1832. French Egyptologist. Working from the Rosetta stone, in 1822 he became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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