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JEAN FRANÇOIS (shan-pol-yôn'), a French scholar, celebrated for his discoveries in the department of Egyptian hieroglyphics, born in Figeac, Dec. 23, 1790. At an early age he devoted himself to the study of Hebrew, Arabic, Coptic, etc., and in 1809 became Professor of History at Grenoble.
He soon, however, retired to Paris, where, with the aid of the trilingual inscription of the Rosetta Stone and the suggestions thrown out by Dr. Thomas Young, he at length discovered the key to the graphic system of the Egyptians, Young, he at length discovered the key the three elements of which-figurative, ideographic, and alphabetic-he expounded before the Institute in a series ideographic, and alphabetic-he exof memoirs in 1823. These were published in 1824 at the expense of the state, under the title of "Hieroglyphic System of the Ancient Egyptians." He died in under the title of "Hieroglyphic System Paris, March 4, 1832.
CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES (cshôn'zā-lē-zā'), [Fr. "Elysian Fields"], a place of public resort in Paris, which consists of an These extend from the Place de la Conavenue and the gardens sur surrounding it. These extend from the Place de la Conof 14 miles. It became the property of the crown in 1616 and was ceded to the city in 1828. Its lower end forms a park, flanked by the Palais de l'Élysée, city in 1828. Its lower end forms a