François Chabas, Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire (71))

François Joseph Chabas (1817-82) was, as should be clear from this photo, an Egyptologist. He was from modest origins and taught himself Latin and Greek among other languages, in particular ancient Egyptian. He published about fifty scientific works during his life, and was the first person to decipher the Prisse papyrus. From 1876 to 1880 he published the journal L'Égyptologie.