Florentin-Étienne Jaussen
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Monsignor Florentin-Étienne Jaussen (1815 April 2–1891 September 9) was the first bishop of Tahiti and the man who brought the rongorongo script of Easter Island to the world's attention.
Jaussen was born in Rocles, France. He was the vicar apostolic of Tahiti and titular bishop of Axieri from 1848 May 9 to 1884 February 12, when he resigned. During this time he went by the name Tepano, the Tahitian pronunciation of Etienne through English "Stephen".
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- CHAUVET, Stéphen-Charles. 1935. L'île de Pâques et ses mystères ("Easter Island and its Mysteries"). Paris: Éditions Tel. (An online English version translated by Ann Altman and edited by Shawn McLaughlin is available www.chauvet-translation.com here.)
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