Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac
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| Born | 5 October 1778 Figeac |
| Died | May 9, 1867 |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | archaeology |
| Institutions | Château de Fontainebleau |
| Known for | Brother of Jean-François Champollion |
| Influences | Jean-François Champollion |
Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac (5 October 1778 – May 9, 1867) was a French archaeologist, elder brother of Jean-François Champollion (decipherer of the Rosetta Stone).
[edit] Biography
He was born at Figeac in the département of Lot. He became professor of Greek and librarian at Grenoble, but was compelled to retire in 1816 on account of the part he had taken during the Hundred Days. He afterwards became keeper of manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and professor of palaeography at the École des Chartes.
In 1849 he became librarian of the Château de Fontainebleau. He edited several of his brother's works, and was also author of original works on philological and historical subjects, among which may be mentioned Nouvelles recherches sur les patois ou idiomes vulgaires de la France (1809), Annales de Lagides (1819) and Chartes latines sur papyrus du VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. His son Aimé-Louis (1812-1894) became his father's assistant at the Bibliothèque Nationale, and besides a number of works on historical subjects wrote a biographical and bibliographical study of his family in Les Deux Champollion (Grenoble, 1887).
[edit] In popular culture
Champollion was portrayed by Stuart Bunce in the 2005 BBC docudrama Egypt.
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
