Yuri Knorosov

Yuri Valentinovich Knorosov (Russian: ???? ???????????? ????????; b. November 191922 ? d. March 31 1999) was a Russian linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer, who is renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics.

References

• {{Web reference | title=1998 address by Arthur Gould | work=Chicago Literary Club | URL=http://www.chilit.org/GOULD1.HTM | date=July 12 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title=???? ???????????? ???????? | work=Peoples RU | URL=http://www.peoples.ru/science/linguist/knorosov | date=July 19 | year=2005}} (in Russian)
• {{Book reference link | First=Michael D. | Last=Coe | Title=Breaking the Maya Code | Publisher =Thames Hudson | Year=1992 | ID=ISBN 0-500-05061-9 }}