Frank Chapman

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Frank Michler Chapman
Born	June 12, 1864(1864-06-12) West Englewood, New Jersey
Died	November 15, 1945 (aged 81)
Nationality	US
Fields	Ornithology
Institutions	American Museum of Natural History
Known for	Christmas Bird Count

Frank Michler Chapman (June 12, 1864 – November 15, 1945) was a U.S. ornithologist.

Chapman was born in West Englewood, New Jersey and attended Englewood Academy.^[1] He joined the staff of the American Museum of Natural History in 1888 as assistant to Joel Asaph Allen. In 1901 he was made associate Curator of Mammals and Birds and in 1908 Curator of Birds.

Chapman came up with the original idea for the Christmas Bird Count.

Frank Chapman also wrote many ornithological books such as, Bird Life, Birds of Eastern North America, Bird Studies With a Camera, and Life in an Air Castle.

One child, Frank Chapman, Jr., who married Gladys Swarthout

Chapman was interred at Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.^[2]

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As well as numerous papers in scientific journals and magazines such as the National Geographic Magazine, books and major reports authored by Chapman include:

• 1895 – Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America
• 1900 – Bird-Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds
• 1900 – Bird Studies with a Camera
• 1903 – Color Key to North American Birds
• 1903 – The Economic Value of Birds to the State
• 1907 – Warblers of North America
• 1908 – Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist
• 1910 – The Birds of the Vicinity of New York City: A guide to the Local Collection
• 1916 – The Travels of Birds
• 1917 – The Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia
• 1919 – Our Winter Birds
• 1921 – The Habit Groups of North American Birds
• 1921 – The Distribution of Bird Life in the Urubamba Valley of Peru. A report of the birds collected by the Yale University - National Geographic Society's expedition
• 1926 – The Distribution of Bird-life in Ecuador
• 1929 – My Tropical Air Castle
• 1931 – The Upper Zonal Bird-Life of Mts Roraima and Duida
• 1933 – Autobiography of a Bird-Lover
• 1934 – What Bird is That?
• 1938 – Life in an Air Castle: Nature Studies in the Tropics

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Obituary
• Chapman, Frank Michler (United States 1864-1945), Western Kentucky University

Persondata
NAME	Chapman, Frank Michler
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 12, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	West Englewood, New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1945
PLACE OF DEATH