Ventris, Michael
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Name (Hebrew)
ונטריס, מייקל
Name (Latin)
Ventris, Michael
Date of birth
1922-07-12
Date of death
1956-09-06
Field of activity
Inscriptions, Linear B
Occupation
Architects
Cryptographers
Linguists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Bennett, E.L. The Knossos tablets, 1959:t.p. (Michael Ventris)
- His Work notes on Minoan language ... 1988:t.p. (Michael Ventris) pref. (b. 07/12/22; d. 09/06/56)
- History of classical scholarship : a biographical dictionary (Brill's new Pauly supplement 6), 2014:page 630 (Michael Ventris; British architect and linguist; born Michael George Francis Ventris 12.7.1922 in Wheathampstead (Herts.); died 6.9.1956 in Hatfield (Herts.); studied Latin and Greek at school; studied architecture in London; after World War II was an architect and amateur cryptographer; deciphered Linear B with John Chadwick in 1952)
- LC data base, 8-30-84(hdg.: Ventris, Michael)
- LCN note: 1922-1956