Ernest Chantre (13 January 1843, in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

– 24 November 1924, in Écully) was a prominent French archaeologist and anthropologist. From 1878 to 1910 he was an instructor of

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

and anthropology classes at the Muséum de Lyon, and concurrently taught courses in anthropology at the Faculté des Sciences in Lyon (1881–1908). From 1873 to 1888 he was editor of the journal ''Matériaux pour l'Histoire primitive et naturelle de l'Homme''. Ernest Chantre
at Sociétés savantes de France From 1873 to 1913 he was involved in numerous scientific missions throughout

Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

and the

Caucasus region The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...

. He was a founding member of the Société de géographie de Lyon (1873) and the Société préhistorique française (1904). He was also a member of the

Société géologique de France Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA. Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the sec ...

(from 1867) and the Société linnéenne de Lyon (from 1885). In 1882 the

African darter The African darter (''Anhinga rufa''), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq. Taxonomy The African darter is a member of the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to American (''Anhinga anh ...

subspecies, ''Anhinga rufa chantrei'' was named in his honour by ornithologist

Émile Oustalet Jean-Frédéric Émile Oustalet (24 August 1844 – 23 October 1905 Saint-Cast) was a French zoologist.Hellmayr CE (1906). "Emile Oustalet bituary. ''Ornithologische Monatsberichte'' 14 (4): 57-59Scan Oustalet was born at Montbéliard, in the de ...

Selected works

* ''Études paléoethnologiques dans le bassin du Rhône. Âge du bronze; recherches sur l'origine de la métallurgie en France'', 1875 – Paleoethnological studies of the

Rhône basin The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

. The

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...

; research on the origins of metallurgy in France. * ''Études paléontologiques dans le Bassin du Rhône, période quaternaire'', 1880 (with Louis Lortet) – Paleoethnological studies of the Rhône basin, Quaternary age. * ''Recherches paléoethnologiques dans la Russie méridionale et spécialement au Caucase et en Crimée'', 1881 – Paleoethnological research of meridional Russia, especially the Caucasus and the

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

. * ''Recherches anthropologiques dans le Caucase'' (4 volumes) 1885–87 – Anthropological research in the Caucasus. * ''Les Arméniens; esquisse historique et ethnographique'', 1896 – The Armenians, historical and ethnographical outline. * ''Recherches archéologiques dans l'Asie occidentale : mission en Cappadoce, 1893-1894'', (with

Ernest Leroux Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

), 1898 – Archaeological research of western Asia; mission to

Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Re ...

in 1893–94. * ''Paléontologie humaine : l'homme quaternaire dans le bassin du Rhône : étude géologique et anthropologique : propositions données par la faculté'', 1901 – Human paleontology, Quaternary humans of the Rhône basin, etc. * ''Recherches anthropologiques dans l'Afrique Orientale; Egypte'', 1904 – Anthropological research in eastern Africa,

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

. * ''Recherches anthropologiques dans la Berbérie orientale, Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Algérie'', (with Lucien Joseph Bertholon), 1913 – Anthropological research in eastern Barbary,

Tripolitania Tripolitania ( ar, طرابلس '; ber, Ṭrables, script=Latn; from Vulgar Latin: , from la, Regio Tripolitana, from grc-gre, Τριπολιτάνια), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province o ...

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

Encyclopædia Britannica. Ernest Chantre (French archaeologist)

1843 births 1924 deaths French anthropologists Archaeologists from Lyon French ethnographers Academic staff of the University of Lyon Armenian studies scholars {{anthropologist-stub