Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (alternatively, Knorosov; Russian Юрий Валентинович Кнорозов; b. November 191922 — d. March 31 1999) was a Russian linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer, who is particularly renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.
Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (alternatively, Knorosov; Russian Юрий Валентинович Кнорозов; b. November 191922 — d. March 31 1999) was a Russian linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer, who is particularly renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.