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Michael George Francis Ventris, OBE (/ ˈ v ɛ n t r ɪ s /; 12 July 1922 – 6 September 1956) 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. After creating a new ...
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- Michael George Francis Ventris, 12 July 1922, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
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Michael George Francis Ventris (* 12. Juli 1922; † 6. September 1956) war ein englischer Architekt und Sprachwissenschaftler. Ventris entzifferte 1952 zusammen mit John Chadwick die Linear B, eine in der mykenischen und minoischen Kultur verbreitete Schrift. Leben und Werk
Learn about the life and achievements of Michael Ventris, the decipherer of the Linear B script, who was a student and collaborator of the Mycenaean Epigraphy Group at Cambridge. Explore his research projects, publications, awards, and legacy in this web page.
12. Apr. 2024 · Michael Ventris (born July 12, 1922, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, Eng.—died Sept. 6, 1956, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire) was an English architect and cryptographer who in 1952 deciphered the Minoan Linear B script and showed it to be Greek in its oldest known form, dating from about 1400 to 1200 bc, roughly the period of the ...
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13. Okt. 2012 · A conference in Cambridge will mark the 60th anniversary of the decipherment by Michael Ventris of Linear B, a script used for an early form of ancient Greek. Learn how Ventris, a British amateur scholar, solved the puzzle of the script and unlocked the secrets of the Mycenaean world.
19. Juni 2013 · Am 19. Juni 1952 schreibt der englische Architekt Michael Ventris dem Wiener Althistoriker Fritz Schachermeyr eine schlichte Postkarte. Auf der steht, dass es ihm nun endlich gelungen sei, die Schrift zu entziffern. Es sei tatsächlich eine sehr alte Form von Griechisch, und dass er über das Ergebnis selbst höchst überrascht sei. Michael Ventris!
12. Juli 2022 · The brilliant young British architect Michael Ventris deciphered the Mycenaean Linear B alphabet, adding seven centuries to Greek history. On July 12, 2022, the world commemorated the birth of Michael Ventris, a brilliant British architect whose profound contributions to archaeology and linguistics extended the history of Greek ...
