Claude F. A. Schaeffer

Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer (1898–1982)^[1] was a French archeologist, born in Strasbourg, who led the French excavation team that began working on the site of Ugarit, the present day Minet el-Beida in 1929, leading to the uncovering of the Ugaritic religious texts.^[2]

References

↑ Biography of Claude F. A. Schaeffer
↑ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/612669/Ugarit ; "Claude Schaeffer", in Je m'appelle Byblos, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2005, p.256-257.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 73910686 ISNI: 0000 0000 8153 6747 GND: 172354994 SUDOC: 033556083 BNF: cb122577086 (data)

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