Michael Ventris

Michael Ventris

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Nativitas: 12 Iulii 1922; Wheathampstead
Obitus: 6 Septembris 1956; Londinium
Patria: Britanniarum Regnum

Officium

Munus: Linguista, architectus, philologus classicus, philologus

Memoria

Laurae: Kenyon Medal, Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Michael Ventris, vulgo plenius Michael George Francis Ventris (natus in oppido Wheathampstead comitatus Hertfordiensis die 12 Iulii 1922; iuxta Barnet propter autocineti casum mortuus die 6 Septembris 1956), fuit alumnus scholae Stowe et scholae Associationis Architecturalis. Michael Ventris, architectus et litterarum antiquarum studiosus Anglicus, primus scripturam quae dicitur linearis B, una cum Ioanne Chadwick interpretavit.

Bibliographia

• John Chadwick, The Decipherment of Linear B. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 1958. ISBN 0-521-39830-4
• Thomas G. Palaima, Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Writing: The Parallel Lives of Michael Ventris and Linda Schele and the Decipherment of Mycenaean and Mayan Writing: Catalogue of an Exhibition in Conjunction with the Eleventh International Mycenological Colloquium. Austin: University of Texas at Austin, 2000. ISBN 0-9649410-4-X
• Andrew Robinson, The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: the story of Michael Ventris. Londinii: Thames & Hudson, 2002. ISBN 0-500-51077-6

Nexus externi

• Ventris litterae
• A Very English Genius: How Michael Ventris Cracked Linear B - BBC video die 17 Aug. 2005