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J. Eric S. Thompson
English Mesoamerican archaeologist (1898-1975) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 76
Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson was a leading English Mesoamerican archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and epigrapher. While working in the United States, he dominated Maya studies and particularly the study of the Maya script until well into the 1960s.
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Lived 1898 to 1975 · aged 76
