Pierre-François Bouchard

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Pierre-François Bouchard discovered the Rosetta Stone.
Pierre-François Bouchard discovered the Rosetta Stone.

Pierre-François Bouchard (1772 - April 29, 1832) was a French captain best known for discovering the Rosetta Stone in the Egyptian port city of Rosetta (present-day Rashid) on July 15, 1799.

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The Rosetta Stone is a large piece of stone with three different languages written on it