French Egyptologists French Egyptologists The French scholar and archaeologist Auguste Ferdinand François Mariette ( February 11, 1821 – January 19, 1881) was the foremost Egyptologist of his generation, and the founder of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auguste Mariette"
Christian Jacq (born 1947) is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christian Jacq"
Dominique Vivant, Baron de Denon ( 4 January, 1747– 27 April, 1825) was a French artist and archaeologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dominique Vivant"
Édouard de Villiers du Terrage ( 1780– 1855) was a French engineer who together with Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois journeyed with Napoleon to Egypt, and prepared the Description de l'Égypte. ...more on Wikipedia about "Édouard de Villiers du Terrage"
François Joseph Chabas ( January 2 1817, Briancon – May 17 1882, Versailles) was a French egyptologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "François Chabas"
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero ( June 23, 1846 - June 30, 1916), French Egyptologist, was born in Paris, his parents being of Lombard origin. While at school, he showed a special taste for history and, at the age of fourteen, he was already interested in hieroglyphic writing. It was not until his Second Year at the Ecole Normale in 1867 that Maspero met fellow Egyptologist Auguste Mariette who was then in Paris as commissioner for the Egyptian section of the exhibition. Mariette gave him two newly discovered hieroglyphic texts of considerable difficulty to study, and self-taught, the young scholar produced translations of then in less than a fortnight, a great feat in those days when Egyptology was still almost in its infancy. The publication of these texts in the same year established his academic reputation. A short time was spent in assisting a gentleman in Peru, who was seeking to prove an Aryan affinity for the dialects spoken by the Indians of that country, to publish his researches; but in 1868 Maspero was back in France at more profitable work. In 1869, he became a teacher (répétiteur) of Egyptian language and Archeology at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and in 1874, he was appointed to the chair of Champollion at the College de France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaston Maspero"
Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois ( 1776 – 1842) was a French engineer who together with Édouard de Villiers du Terrage journeyed with Napoleon to Egypt, and prepared the Description de l'Egypte. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois"
Jean-François Champollion ( 23 December 1790 – 4 March 1832) was a French classical scholar, philologist, orientalist, and Egyptologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean-François Champollion"
Pierre Montet ( 1885 — 1966) was a French Egyptologist. He studied under Victor Loret at the University of Lyons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pierre Montet"
Victor Clement Georges Philippe Loret ( 1 September 1859 – 3 February 1946) was a French Egyptologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Victor Loret"
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