Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac
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Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac was a French archaeologist, librarian, and historian known for his scholarly work on ancient manuscripts and for supporting the Egyptological research of his younger brother, Jean-François Champollion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10337914 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac Context triple: [Jean-François Champollion, sibling, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac]
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A.
Jean-François Champollion
Jean-François Champollion was a French scholar and linguist renowned as the founder of Egyptology for first successfully deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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B.
Auguste Mariette
Auguste Mariette was a pioneering 19th-century French Egyptologist best known for founding the Egyptian Antiquities Service and conducting major excavations that helped establish modern archaeological methods in Egypt.
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C.
Paul-Émile Botta
Paul-Émile Botta was a 19th-century French archaeologist and diplomat best known for his pioneering excavations in Mesopotamia, which helped reveal the ancient Assyrian civilization.
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D.
Charles de Rémusat
Charles de Rémusat was a 19th-century French liberal politician, writer, and philosopher known for his roles in the July Monarchy and his influential contributions to French intellectual and political life.
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E.
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy was a 17th-century French Jansenist theologian and Bible translator best known for his influential French translation of the Scriptures, often called the Port-Royal Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac Target entity description: Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac was a French archaeologist, librarian, and historian known for his scholarly work on ancient manuscripts and for supporting the Egyptological research of his younger brother, Jean-François Champollion.
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A.
Jean-François Champollion
Jean-François Champollion was a French scholar and linguist renowned as the founder of Egyptology for first successfully deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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B.
Auguste Mariette
Auguste Mariette was a pioneering 19th-century French Egyptologist best known for founding the Egyptian Antiquities Service and conducting major excavations that helped establish modern archaeological methods in Egypt.
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C.
Paul-Émile Botta
Paul-Émile Botta was a 19th-century French archaeologist and diplomat best known for his pioneering excavations in Mesopotamia, which helped reveal the ancient Assyrian civilization.
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D.
Charles de Rémusat
Charles de Rémusat was a 19th-century French liberal politician, writer, and philosopher known for his roles in the July Monarchy and his influential contributions to French intellectual and political life.
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E.
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy was a 17th-century French Jansenist theologian and Bible translator best known for his influential French translation of the Scriptures, often called the Port-Royal Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French archaeologist
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human ⓘ librarian ⓘ paleographer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1778-10-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Figeac
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ Lot (department) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1867-05-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Fontainebleau
NERFINISHED
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France ⓘ Seine-et-Marne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource | historical biographical dictionaries ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Grenoble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal
NERFINISHED
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Bibliothèque nationale de France NERFINISHED ⓘ Collège de France NERFINISHED ⓘ Université de Grenoble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Champollion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
archaeology
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history ⓘ paleography ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques-Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartInName | Figeac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| name | Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
scholarly work on ancient manuscripts
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supporting the Egyptological research of Jean-François Champollion ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lettres à M. le duc de Blacas d’Aulps, pair de France, sur les découvertes hiéroglyphiques de M. Champollion le jeune
NERFINISHED
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Mélanges d’archéologie, d’histoire et de littérature NERFINISHED ⓘ Égypte ancienne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
archaeologist
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historian ⓘ librarian ⓘ paleographer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
conservator of manuscripts at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
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professor at the Collège de France ⓘ professor of Greek at the University of Grenoble ⓘ |
| relative | Jean-François Champollion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sibling | Jean-François Champollion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Grenoble
NERFINISHED
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Paris ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac Description of subject: Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac was a French archaeologist, librarian, and historian known for his scholarly work on ancient manuscripts and for supporting the Egyptological research of his younger brother, Jean-François Champollion.
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