The abbé Jacques Forget (6 January 1852 – 1933) was a Belgian priest, biblical scholar and professor of Arabic at the Catholic University of Louvain.

[1] Jacques Forget was born 6 January 1852 in Chiny, Belgium.

He studied Semitic languages in Rome, Beirut, Syria, and the University of Berlin.

[2] In 1885, Forget became a professor at the University of Leuven, teaching Arabic language and literature; the following year, he added dogmatic theology and Syriac.

He was an honorary canon of the cathedral of Namur; and wrote several articles for the Catholic Encyclopedia.