ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac

1778 - 1867

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Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (French: [ʃɑ̃pɔljɔ̃ fiʒak]), also known as Champollion l'aîné ('the Elder'; 5 October 1778 – 9 May 1867) was a French archaeologist, elder brother of Jean-François Champollion (decipherer of the Rosetta Stone). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac is the 103rd most popular archaeologist (down from 64th in 2019), the 4,399th most popular biography from France (down from 3,426th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac ranks 103 out of 151. Before him are Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Massimo Pallottino, Dorothea Bate, Robert T. Bakker, Grafton Elliot Smith, and John Marshall. After him are Henri Frankfort, John Evans, Leon Kozłowski, E. A. Wallis Budge, Akurgal, and Mortimer Wheeler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac ranks 45. Before him are Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, William Hazlitt, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, Mariano Moreno, and José de la Mar. After him are Joseph Grimaldi, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Javier de Burgos, Robert Emmet, and Rembrandt Peale. Among people deceased in 1867, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac ranks 53. Before him are Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, Artur Grottger, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Charles John Andersson, and Ignatius Brianchaninov. After him are Phan Thanh Giản, Athanasios Miaoulis, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Sterling Price, and Ira Aldridge.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac ranks 4,399 out of 6,770. Before him are René Dubos (1901), Michel Boisrond (1921), Antoine Vollon (1833), Frédérick Tristan (1931), René Bondoux (1905), and Pierre Puiseux (1855). After him are Jacques-Pierre Amette (1943), Paul Passy (1859), Princess Marie of Denmark (1976), Florence Delay (1941), Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1954), and Charles Mayer (1882).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In France

Among archaeologists born in France, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac ranks 16. Before him are François Bordes (1919), Victor Loret (1859), Jean-François Séguier (1703), Pierre Montet (1885), Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913), and Paul Rivet (1876). After him are Désiré Charnay (1828).

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