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Jean-François Champollion: Quick Facts

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Born December 23, 1790 • France
Died March 4, 1832 (aged 41) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study Egyptian language • Rosetta Stone • hieroglyphic writing

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Rosetta Stone
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Taine, portrait by Léon Bonnat, 1889
Hippolyte Taine
French critic and historian
James Henry Breasted
James Henry Breasted
American archaeologist
Quicherat, detail of a lithograph by Tony Toullion
Jules Quicherat
French historian
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Hugo Winckler
German archaeologist
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Anthony John Arkell
British Egyptologist
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François Furet
French historian
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
French philosopher and historian
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian and political writer
Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
Alphonse de Lamartine
French poet, historian, and statesman
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Fernand Braudel
French historian and educator
The elevation of Marc Bloch to the Pantheon
Marc Bloch
French historian
Adolphe Thiers
Adolphe Thiers
French statesman and historian
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Lucien Paul Victor Febvre
French historian
Jules Michelet, detail of an oil painting by Thomas Couture; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris.
Jules Michelet
French historian
François Guizot
François Guizot
French politician and historian
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Henri Loyrette
French arts administrator and historian
Barnave, Antoine
Antoine Barnave
French politician
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Hilaire Belloc
British author
Quinet, oil painting by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu, 1833; in the Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Edgar Quinet
French historian and poet
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Jacques-Auguste de Thou
French statesman and historian

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