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Jean Francois Champollion

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Noun

1. champollion, jean francois champollion

Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)

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Jean Francois Champollion

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French Egyptologist. Working from the Rosetta stone, in 1822 he became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.

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