Michael Ventris
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 69 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 12,1922 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Wheathampstead |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | September 6,1956 |
| Died | Hatfield |
| United Kingdom | |
| Influenced by | Arthur Evans |
| John Chadwick | |
| Alice Kober | |
| Fields | Architecture |
| Archaeology | |
| Linguistics | |
| Philology | |
| Classical Studies | |
| Job | Architect |
| Education | Stowe School |
| Architectural Association | |
| Parents | Lois Butler |
| Spous | Lois Ventris |
| Books | Documents in Mycenaean Greek: Three Hundred Selected Tablets from Knossos, Pylos, and Mycenae |
| Children | 2 |
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| ID | 630470 |
Michael Ventris Life story
Michael George Francis Ventris, OBE was an English architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B, the ancient Mycenaean Greek script. A student of languages, Ventris had pursued decipherment as a personal vocation since his adolescence.
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