Frank Chapman (ornithologist)

Frank Michler Chapman was a U.S. ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.

Chapman was born in West Englewood, New Jersey and attended Englewood Academy. 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.

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