François Joseph Chabas (2 January 1817, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes – 17 May 1882, Versailles) was a French Egyptologist.
Chabas came from a modest background, studied at Chalon and became a wine merchant. Self-taught, he learned Latin, Greek and other languages. Interested in anthropology, he turned to study Old Egyptian languages. [1] Chabas was a member of several learned societies and later president of the Conseil departemental of Saône-et-Loire. [2]
Between 1876 and 1880, Chabas edited the journal L'Égyptologie. [2] His works have contributed much to elucidate the history of the invasion and repulsion of the Hyksos in Egypt. [3] [4]
Chabas was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1865. [5] He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1869. [6]
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help)François Joseph Chabas (2 January 1817, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes – 17 May 1882, Versailles) was a French Egyptologist.
Chabas came from a modest background, studied at Chalon and became a wine merchant. Self-taught, he learned Latin, Greek and other languages. Interested in anthropology, he turned to study Old Egyptian languages. [1] Chabas was a member of several learned societies and later president of the Conseil departemental of Saône-et-Loire. [2]
Between 1876 and 1880, Chabas edited the journal L'Égyptologie. [2] His works have contributed much to elucidate the history of the invasion and repulsion of the Hyksos in Egypt. [3] [4]
Chabas was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1865. [5] He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1869. [6]
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