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Michael Ventris

1922 - 1956

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Michael George Francis Ventris, (; 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 field of study, Ventris died in a car crash a few weeks before the publication of Documents in Mycenaean Greek, written with John Chadwick. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Ventris is the 188th most popular architect (down from 165th in 2019), the 1,751st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,296th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Michael Ventris ranks 188 out of 518Before him are Günter Behnisch, David Chipperfield, John Vanbrugh, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Jacobus Oud, and Robert Koldewey. After him are Hans Poelzig, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Bernard Tschumi, Ödön Lechner, Alexander Tamanian, and Nora Stanton Barney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Michael Ventris ranks 126Before him are Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Yuri Averbakh, John Christopher, Günter Behnisch, Juan Antonio Bardem, and Jonas Mekas. After him are Francisco Aramburu, Paul Scofield, Shigeru Mizuki, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Albert Lamorisse, and Stephen Toulmin. Among people deceased in 1956, Michael Ventris ranks 74Before him are Felix Bernstein, Elmer Drew Merrill, Charles Joughin, Gerrit Smith Miller, Mir Jafar Baghirov, and Otto Schmidt. After him are Jean Metzinger, Erhard Raus, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Lev Rudnev, and Malik Ghulam Muhammad.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Ventris ranks 1,751 out of 8,785Before him are James Herriot (1916), Neil Tennant (1954), Colin Davis (1927), Paul Scholes (1974), Ken Russell (1927), and Elsa Lanchester (1902). After him are Robert Southey (1774), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), George Meredith (1828), P. F. Strawson (1919), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), and Vidal Sassoon (1928).

Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Michael Ventris ranks 13Before him are James Stirling (1926), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Robert Adam (1728), William Burges (1827), David Chipperfield (1953), and John Vanbrugh (1664). After him are Nora Stanton Barney (1883), John Nash (1752), Joseph Paxton (1803), Archibald Leitch (1865), Glenn Murcutt (1936), and William Kent (1685).