Charles Kuentz (Egyptologist)

{{Short description|American-born French Egyptologist}}

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Charles Kuentz (June 19, 1895, in New York City{{clarify|date=November 2016}} – May 27, 1978, in Cairo){{cite journal|first=Jean|last=Vercoutter|year=1978|title=Charles Kuentz (1895-1978) [nècrologie]|journal=BIFAO|volume=78}} was an American-born French Egyptologist who was director of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale from 1940 to 1953.[http://www.ifao.egnet.net/ifao/anciens/ Directeurs et membres scientifiques.] Institut français d'archéologie orientale. Retrieved 28 November 2015. He married Jeanne Arcache, an Alexandria-based Lebanese poet and novelist, in 1945.{{Cite book |last=Pouillon |first=François |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JexHxBDyT-YC |title=Dictionnaire des orientalistes de langue française |date=2008 |publisher=KARTHALA Editions |isbn=978-2-84586-802-1 |pages=544 |language=fr}}{{Cite book |last=ʻĀshūr |first=Raḍwá |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MB6gphBXU0kC |title=Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999 |last2=Ghazoul |first2=Ferial Jabouri |last3=Reda-Mekdashi |first3=Hasna |last4=McClure |first4=Mandy |date=2008 |publisher=American Univ in Cairo Press |isbn=978-977-416-146-9 |language=en}}