
Edward John Chapman (1821-1904), A Drama of Two Lives, The snake-witch, A Canadian summer-night, and other poems (1899), Kessinger, 2010. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Edward John Champman (February 22, 1821 - January 28, 1904) was a Canadian poet, academic, and mineralogist.[1]
Life[]
Chapman was born at an inn on the border of Kent and Surrey because his parents, returning from France, could not reach home in time for his birth. His father died when he was 2 years old.[1]
He was educated in Germany and France, attending the Lycée Henri-Quatre and the Sorbonne in Paris. In the late 1830s he served with the French army in Algeria, where he was wounded.[1]
Chapman then studied civil engineering and mineralogy. He published 2 volumes: Practical Mineralogy (1843) and A Brief Description of the Characters of Minerals (1844). In 1849 he became a professorship of mineralogy at University College, London.[1]
In 1853 Chapman became the inaugural professor and chair of mineralogy at University College, Toronto; when the college joined the the University of Toronto in 1889, Chapman became chair of mineralogy and geology, a position he held until his retirement in 1895. During that time he played an important public role as a supporter of the Geological Survey of Canada, especially as an interpreter and populariser of its annual scientific reports.[1]
Much of his published work appeared in the Canadian Institute’s Canadian Journal, on whose editorial board he served for many years. His Popular exposition of the minerals and geology of Canada appeared in parts from 1860 to 1864, and was later published as a book.[1]
Chapman earned a Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1862.[1]
He died in Hampton Wick (London), England.[1]
Recognition[]
Chapman was awarded an honorary LL.D. from Queen’s College, Kingston, in 1867.[1]
He was a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1882.[1]
William Wilfred Campbell included Chapman's poem "A Question" in the Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, 1913.[2]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- A Drama of Two Lives, The snake-witch, A Canadian summer-night, and other poems. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1899.
Non-fiction[]
- Practical Mineralogy; or, A compendium of the distinguishing characters of minerals. London: 1843.
- A Brief Description of the Characters of Minerals: Forming a familiar introduction to the science of mineralogy. London: H. Balliere, 1844.
- A Popular and Practical Exposition of the Minerals and Geology of Canada. Toronto: W.C. Chewett, 1864.
- The Minerals and Geology of Central Canada. Toronto: Copp Clark, 1888.
- Blowpipe Practice. Toronto: Copp Clark, 1893.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Suzanne Zeller, “Chapman, Edward John,” Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. Web, Nov. 20, 2018
- ↑ Contents, Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. Toronto & New York: Oxford University Press, 1913. Web, Nov. 19, 2018.
- ↑ Search results = au:Edward John Chapman, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 20, 2018.
External links[]
- Poems
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