Michael Ventris
Also known as Michael George Francis Ventris
British architect and linguist (1922-1956)
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- The languages of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations
- Evidence for Greek dialect in the Mycenaean archives
- Worknotes on Minoan language research
- Worknotes on Minoan language research (c)
- Work notes on Minoan language research and other unedited papers
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- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 85,650x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,869x
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Michael George Francis Ventris (/ˈvɛntrɪs/; 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. After creating a new field of study, Ventris died in a car crash a few weeks before the publication of Documents in Mycenaean Greek, written with John Chadwick.
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1922 births1956 deaths20th-century English architectsArchitects from HertfordshireBritish expatriates in SwitzerlandEnglish classical scholarsEnglish people of Polish descentEnglish philologistsHellenic epigraphersLinear BMilitary personnel from HertfordshireOfficers of the Order of the British Empire