François Chabas

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. Chabas was a member of several learned societies and later president of the ''Conseil departemental'' of Saône-et-Loire.

Between 1876 and 1880, Chabas edited the journal ''L'Égyptologie''. His works have contributed much to elucidate the history of the invasion and repulsion of the Hyksos in Egypt.

Chabas was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1865. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1869. Provided by Wikipedia