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JEAN FRANCOIS CHAMPOLLION
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
Synonyms:
Champollion; Jean Francois Champollion
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Instance hypernyms:
Egyptologist (an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology)
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