Michael Ventris, 1922 - 1956, architect and decipherer of Linear B script.
English Heritage
NW3, North End, 19
A trained architect, Ventris and his wife designed this house for themselves and their family.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Michael Ventris
Architect and decipherer of Linear B script. While still at school he heard ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Michael Ventris
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
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Major road in London, running from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square. The name is derived from the Whitehall Palace which stood here and was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1698. The Ban...
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