airo , ▁producing ▁numerous ▁very ▁valuable ▁works ▁and ▁pione ering ▁the ▁de ci pher ment ▁of ▁Dem otic , ▁the ▁simplified ▁script ▁of ▁the ▁later ▁Egypt ian ▁periods . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Heinrich ▁Karl ▁Bru g sch ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Berlin ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 7 . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁Pr uss ian ▁caval ry ▁officer , ▁and ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁bar ra cks ▁at ▁Berlin . ▁He ▁early ▁manif ested ▁a ▁great ▁incl ination ▁to ▁Egypt ian ▁studies , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁almost ▁entirely ▁self - t aught . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 6 , ▁he ▁applied ▁himself ▁with ▁success ▁to ▁the ▁de ci pher ment ▁of ▁Dem otic , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁neglect ed ▁since ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Champ oll ion ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 2 . ▁Bru g sch ' s ▁work , ▁Script ura ▁ Æ gypt ior um ▁Dem ot ica ▁( Ber lin , ▁ 1 8 4 8 ), ▁containing ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁his ▁studies , ▁appeared ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁student ▁at ▁the ▁g ymnasium . ▁It ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁his ▁N umer orum ▁Dem otic orum ▁Do ctr ina ▁( 1 8 4 9 ), ▁and ▁his ▁Sammlung ▁dem ot ischer ▁Ur k unden ▁( 1 8 5 0 ). ▁ ▁His ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁work ▁brought ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Alexander ▁von ▁H umb old t ▁and ▁Pr uss ian ▁King ▁Frederick ▁William ▁IV . ▁After ▁comple ting ▁his ▁university ▁course ,