Michael Ventris

British architect and linguist.

Born July 12th, 1922 in Wheathampstead. [ref]

Died September 6th, 1956 at 34 years old in London (traffic collision). [ref]

Occupations
architect, classical scholar, linguist
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner