John Chadwick

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classical scholar human linguist philologist

John Chadwick was a British linguist and classical scholar best known for helping to decipher the ancient Mycenaean Greek script known as Linear B.

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Label	Occurrences
John Chadwick canonical	7

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	classical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ philologist ⓘ
awardReceived	Fellow of the British Academy ⓘ
coAuthor	Michael Ventris ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth	1920-05-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1998-11-24 ⓘ
educatedAt	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ St Paul's School, London ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s School, London
employer	Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName	Chadwick ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Mycenaean Greek ⓘ classics ⓘ decipherment of scripts ⓘ linguistics ⓘ
genre	academic writing ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasWikipediaArticle	John Chadwick self-link ⓘ
influencedBy	Michael Ventris ⓘ
knownFor	decipherment of Linear B ⓘ work on Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Greek ⓘ
memberOf	British Academy ⓘ
militaryService	Royal Navy ⓘ
name	John Chadwick self-link ⓘ
notableStudent	scholars of Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
notableWork	Documents in Mycenaean Greek ⓘ The Decipherment of Linear B ⓘ
occupation	classicist ⓘ linguist ⓘ philologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath	CAMBRIDGE ⓘ surface form: Cambridge United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld	lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ reader in Greek at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
residence	Cambridge ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
studies	Mycenaean civilization ⓘ ancient Greek language ⓘ
workedOn	Linear B ⓘ Linear B inscriptions ⓘ surface form: Mycenaean inscriptions

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Linear B inscriptions → coDecipherer → John Chadwick ⓘ

Mycenaean Greek → decipheredBy → John Chadwick ⓘ

Linear B → deciphermentContributor → John Chadwick ⓘ

Michael Ventris → collaboratedWith → John Chadwick ⓘ

Michael Ventris → coAuthor → John Chadwick ⓘ

John Chadwick → name → John Chadwick self-link ⓘ

John Chadwick → hasWikipediaArticle → John Chadwick self-link ⓘ