Champollion, Jean Franois
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Giants of Egyptology: Jean Franois Champollion (1790-1832)
http://www.egyptology.com/kmt/winter95_96/giants.html
An illustrated biography from Kmt of the Frenchman who pioneered decipherment of the previously unreadable ancient scripts of Egypt.
Jean-Francois Champollion 1790-1832
http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/abcde/champollion_jean-francois.html
A biography by Elizabeth Jordan-Prince for Minnesota University's Emuseum of the Frenchman acknowledged as the father of modern Egyptology. Includes references and links.
Jean-Franois Champollion
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03568b.htm
A biography from the Catholic Encyclopedia of the French Orientalist renowned for deciphering hieroglyphics through the triple inscription on the Rosetta Stone.