Michael Ventris

Michael George Francis Ventris 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.

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Who was born first?

• Michael Ventris and Iannis Xenakis were born the same year
• Michael Ventris and Cornelius Castoriadis were born the same year
• Michael Ventris and Elissa Aalto were born the same year
• Michael Ventris and Hussein-Ali Montazeri were born the same year
• Michael Ventris and Kevin Roche were born the same year

Timeline

1. Cornelius CastoriadisMarch 11, 1922 – December 26, 1997
2. Elissa AaltoNovember 22, 1922 – April 12, 1994
3. Hussein-Ali MontazeriSeptember 22, 1922 – December 20, 2009
4. Iannis XenakisMay 29, 1922 – February 4, 2001
5. Kevin RocheJune 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019
6. Michael Ventris (this page)July 12, 1922 – September 6, 1956

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