CHABOT, JEAN-BAPTISTE. – French priest and renowned Orientalist, born at Vouvray (Indre-et-Loire) on 16 February 1865, died in Paris on 7 January 1948. He pursued his studies at the seminary of Tours, at the Ecole des hautes études, and at the University of Louvain. He became a member of the Institute in 1917.
His writings concern especially authors of the Syriac language. Among other works, C. published the chronicle of Dionysius of Tell-Mahré, the history of Mār Jāhbalāhā, the celebrated Synodicon Orientale, the Chronicle of Michael the Syrian, and a selection of inscriptions from Palmyra. In 1903, having become, together with others, a founder of the Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, he took charge of the Scriptores Syri section, in which he published many valuable ancient documents, such as the Minor Chronicles and the commentary on the Gospel of St John by Theodore of Mopsuestia.
Ignazio Ortiz de Urbina