Ernest Chantre


Ernest Chantre was a prominent French archaeologist and anthropologist.
From 1878 to 1910 he was an instructor of geology and anthropology classes at the Muséum de Lyon, and concurrently taught courses in anthropology at the Faculté des Sciences in Lyon. From 1873 to 1888 he was editor of the journal Matériaux pour l'Histoire primitive et naturelle de l'Homme.
From 1873 to 1913 he was involved in numerous scientific missions throughout Asia Minor, North Africa, Armenia and the Caucasus region.
He was a founding member of the Société de géographie de Lyon and the Société préhistorique française. He was also a member of the Société géologique de France and the Société linnéenne de Lyon. In 1882 the African darter subspecies, Anhinga rufa chantrei was named in his honour by ornithologist Émile Oustalet.

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