Georg Friedrich Grotefend
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Grotefend, Georg Friedrich (gā'ôrkh frē'drĭkh grō'təfĕnt), 1775-1853, German archaeologist and philologist. He specialized in Latin and Italian and wrote works on the Umbrian and Oscan languages and other subjects, but his greatest achievement was deciphering inscriptions of Persian cuneiform.
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 | Year 1802 (in Science & Technology) |
| Archaeology in the Middle East |
| Lessing-Gymnasium, Frankfurt |
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