Ippolito Rosellini

Ippolito Rosellini ( born August 13, 1800, Pisa, † June 4, 1843 ) was an Italian Egyptologist, who participated with Jean -François Champollion to an Egyptian expedition and is regarded as the founder of Italian Egyptology.

Rosellini studied under Giuseppe Mezzofanti in Bologna. In 1824 he became professor of Oriental languages ​​at the University of Pisa.