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.

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

[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.