Histoire des Peuples Anciens et Modernes: La Perse

Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778 –1867) was a French archaeologist, elder brother of Jean Francois Champollion (decipherer of the Rosetta Stone).

He was born at Figeac in the département of Lot. He became professor of Greek and librarian at Grenoble, but was compelled to retire in 1816 on account of the part he had taken during the Hundred Days. He afterwards became keeper of manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and professor of palaeography at the École des Chartes.

In 1849 he became librarian of the Château de Fontainebleau. He edited several of his brother's works, and was also author of original works on philological and historical subjects.
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