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Bookmark or Share- Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew EverythingAthanasius Kircher (1602-1680) -- German Jesuit, occultist, polymath - was one of most curious figures in the history of science. He dabbled in all the mysteries of his time: the heavenly bodies, sound amplification, museology, botany, Asian languages, the pyramids of Egypt -- almost anything incompletely understood.
- Athanasius Kircher - Wikipedia[17] Although Kircher's approach to deciphering texts was based on a fundamental misconception, some modern commentators have described Kircher as the pioneer of the serious study of hieroglyphs. The data which he collected were later consulted by Champollion in his successful efforts to decode the script.
- Athanasius Kircher Project - Stanford UniversityThe Correspondence of Athanasius Kircher. About the project; Explore a digital facsimile edition of Kircher's manuscript correspondence using LunaInsight; Further reading; News: Kircher's letters to Charles V and Ferdinand III of Denmark rediscovered by Noel Malcolm; Athanasius Kircher's China Illustrata
- The Life and Work of Athanaseus Kircher, S.J. - mjt.orgIn Avignon, Kircher resumed his teaching duties, as well as his researches, which now extended to local geographical and archaeological explorations, the decipherment of the hieroglyphics, and astronomical observations.
- Athanasius Kircher, 1602-1680 - Library of CongressThroughout his lifetime and certainly until today, Athanasius Kircher has had a varied and, at times, quite a controversial reputation. Considered a polymath, he is best remembered as a scholar of medicine, history, physics, astronomy, math, music, and linguistics.
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