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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This biography of the Champollion brothers was published in
Grenoble in 1887. Jean-Fran ois (1790 1832) was a child prodigy who
had taught himself numerous ancient languages in his teenage years,
despite not having received any formal education. Having become an
assistant professor of history at Grenoble in his nineteenth year,
Jean-Fran ois published a decipherment of the trilingual Rosetta
Stone in 1824, thus offering the key to an understanding of
Egyptian hieroglyphics and consequently of the civilisation of
ancient Egypt. His older brother, Jacques-Joseph (1778 1867),
although a less gifted scholar, supported Jean-Fran ois and kept
his name and achievement before the public after his early death.
Jacques-Joseph's son Aim -Louis (1813 94), the author of this
biographical account, followed in his father's footsteps, becoming
the librarian of the Biblioth que Royale and publishing works on
palaeography. Based on original letters, this is the only
near-contemporary biography of the pioneering Egyptologist.
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