Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov was a Soviet and Russian linguist, epigraphist, and ethnologist. He is best known for the key role he played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system of the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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Inner courtyard of the Preußische Staatsbibliothek (2005)
Page from Diego de Landa's Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán (1853 edition by Brasseur de Bourbourg), containing description of the de Landa alphabet which Knorozov relied upon for his breakthrough.
Knorozov on a 2022 Russian stamp
Monument to Yuri Knorozov and his cat Asya in Mérida, YucatánAwards 5
Connected to Yuri 6
Mario Vargas LlosaAlso won Commander of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Jorge UbicoAlso won Order of the Quetzal
Kjell Magne BondevikAlso won Order of the Quetzal
Jacques SoustelleAlso won Commander of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Leonardo SandriAlso won Order of the Quetzal
Miguel Ángel MoratinosAlso won Order of the QuetzalAbout this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 1999 · aged 76
Written about in
30 languages
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