Yuri Knorozov
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1922 – 1999
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Who was Yuri Knorozov?
Yuriy Valentinovich Knorozov was a Soviet linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer, who is particularly renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1922
Kharkiv - Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Russia
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Died
- Mar 31, 1999
Saint Petersburg
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on July 23, 2013
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