Yuri Knorozov

Yuri Knorozov
Yuri Knorozov
Юрий Кнорозов
	Knorozov with his Siamese cat Asya in the 1980s
Born	Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov; 19 November 1922; Yuzhny, Kharkov Governorate, Ukrainian SSR
Died	31 March 1999 (aged 76); Saint Petersburg, Russia
Citizenship	Soviet Union (until 1991); Russia (from 1991);
Known for	Decipherment of Maya script
Academic background
Education	Moscow State University
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist, epigrapher
Institutions	N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology
Influenced	Galina Ershova

Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (Russian: Ю́рий Валенти́нович Кноро́зов; 19 November 1922 – 31 March 1999) was a Soviet and Russian linguist,^[3] epigrapher, and ethnographer. He became the founder of the Soviet school of Mayan studies, and his identification of the existence of syllabic signs proved an essential step forward in the eventual decipherment of the Mayan script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Кнорозов Юрий Валентинович. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
^ ^a ^b ^c Yury Valentinovich Knorozov. Encyclopaedia Britannica
^ Phillips, Charles (2007) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Aztec and Maya. Lorenz Books. ISBN 0754817296
^ "Юрий Кнорозов — судьба гения, оказавшегося ненужным советской власти". Harmfulgrumpy.livejournal.com. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[bse-1] Кнорозов Юрий Валентинович. Great Soviet Encyclopedia

[brit-2] Yury Valentinovich Knorozov. Encyclopaedia Britannica

[3] Phillips, Charles (2007) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Aztec and Maya. Lorenz Books. ISBN 0754817296

[4] "Юрий Кнорозов — судьба гения, оказавшегося ненужным советской власти". Harmfulgrumpy.livejournal.com. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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