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Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Language And Linguistics, Biographies
Related Category: Language And Linguistics, Biographies
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Georg Friedrich Grotefend[gA´Orkh frE´drikh grO´tufent] Pronunciation Key, 17751853, German archaeologist and philologist. He specialized in Latin and Italian and wrote works on the Umbrian and Oscan languages and other subjects, but his greatest achievement was deciphering inscriptions of Persian cuneiform.
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