Steven Roger Fischer
Steven Roger Fischer (born 1947) is a New Zealand linguist. He is the former Director of the Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures in Auckland, New Zealand. Fischer is the author of more than 150 books and articles on linguistics, many of which are commonly cited. For his contributions to the decipherment of ancient scripts, Fischer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2010.
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| Born | 1947 |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
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He has claimed to have deciphered both Rongorongo and the Phaistos Disk.
Sources
- "Steven Roger Fischer". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- "A History of the Pacific Islands (2nd Edition)". Macmillan Education. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- Steven Roger Fischer (1997). "Glyph-Breaker". Copernicus.
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