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 | | Jean-François Champollion (December 23, 1790 - March 4, 1832) is remembered particularly for one achievement: the translation of the Rosetta stone, which became the basis of the study of Egyptian hieroglyphics. |
 | | He was born at Figeac, Lot, in France and showed an extraordinary linguistic talent, even as a child. |
 | | By the age of twenty he had mastered several languages, including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Amharic, Sanskrit, Avestan, Pahlavi, Arabic, Syriac, Chaldean, Persian and Chinese in addition to his native French. |
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