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Michael Ventris

1922 - 1956

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Michael George Francis Ventris, (; 12 July 1922 – 6 September 1956) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ventris has received more than 286,691 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Ventris is the 158th most popular architect (up from 188th in 2019), the 1,272nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,445th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Michael Ventris ranks 158 out of 424Before him are Filippo Juvarra, Gottfried Böhm, Philibert de l'Orme, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Ernst Neufert, and Joseph Paxton. After him are Hermann Tilke, Juan de Herrera, Ur-Nanshe, Jacobus Oud, Jean Chalgrin, and Fumihiko Maki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Michael Ventris ranks 102Before him are Jean-Pierre Rampal, Paul Marcinkus, Hussein Onn, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Carlos Andrés Pérez, and Alistair MacLean. After him are José Froilán González, Sven Nykvist, Cyd Charisse, Ferenc Deák, Ken Noritake, and Kim Hunter. Among people deceased in 1956, Michael Ventris ranks 55Before him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Alben W. Barkley, Thomas J. Watson, Pío Baroja, Walter Sydney Adams, and Drastamat Kanayan. After him are Alexander Fadeyev, Gianpiero Combi, David Seymour, Miklós Nyiszli, Alexander Korda, and Infante Alfonso of Spain.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Ventris ranks 1,272 out of 7,765Before him are Alexander Mackenzie (1764), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Thomas Simpson (1710), Robert Fludd (1574), Dusty Springfield (1939), and Joseph Paxton (1803). After him are Roger Williamson (1948), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Adrian Smith (1957), Alexander McQueen (1969), William Walton (1902), and Wayne Rooney (1985).

Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Michael Ventris ranks 7Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Christopher Wren (1632), James Stirling (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), Robert Adam (1728), and Joseph Paxton (1803). After him are John Nash (1752), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Archibald Leitch (1865), Augustus Pugin (1812), and Charles Barry (1795).