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=Chapin, James Henry.= _Ind._, 1832-1892. A Universalist clergyman and
educator, professor of geology in St. Lawrence University, 1871-92.
Sketches of the Huguenots; The Creation and Early Development of
Mankind; From Japan to Granada, a Tour Around the World. _See Life of,
by G. S. Weaver._ _Put._
=Chaplin, Mrs. Ada C.= _Ms._, 1842-1883. A Massachusetts writer of
religious juveniles, some of which are Christ’s Cadets; Charity
Hurlburt; Our Gold Mine, the Story of American Baptist Missions in
India.
=Chaplin, Heman White.= _R. I._, 1847- ----. Son of J. Chaplin, 2d.
A lawyer of Boston, whose Five Hundred Dollars, and Other Stories of
New England Life, are exceptionally faithful and delicate studies of
character, and rank among the foremost of American short stories. _Lit._
=Chaplin, Mrs. Jane [Dunbar].= _S._, 1819-1884. Wife of J. Chaplin, 2d,
_infra_, and daughter of Duncan Dunbar. Among her various writings,
mainly religious juveniles, are The Transplanted Shamrock; Black and
White; The Convent and the Manse.
=Chaplin, Jeremiah.= _Ms._, 1776-1841. A Baptist clergyman and
educator, the first president of Colby University, 1822-33. The Evening
of Life.
=Chaplin, Jeremiah.= _Ms._, 1813-1886. Son of J. Chaplin, _supra_. A
Baptist clergyman of Newton, Massachusetts, who after leaving the
ministry devoted himself to literary pursuits in Boston. The Memorial
Hour; The Hand of Jesus; Riches of Bunyan; Life of Henry Dunster,
First President of Harvard College; Chips from the White House; Life
of Benjamin Franklin; Life of Galen; Life of Duncan Dunbar; Life of
Charles Sumner (with Jane Chaplin). _Lo._
=Chapman, Alvan Wentworth.= _Ms._, 1809-1899. A botanist for whom the
genus Chapmannia was named. Flora of the Southern United States.
=Chapman, George Thomas.= _E._, 1786-1872. An Episcopal clergyman.
Sketches of Alumni of Dartmouth College from 1771-1868.
=Chapman, Henry Cadwalader.= _Pa._, 1845- ----. Grandson of N. Chapman,
_infra_. A physician of Philadelphia. Evolution of Life; History of the
Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood.
=Chapman, Nathaniel.= _Va._, 1780-1853. A Philadelphia physician and
professor of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, 1814-50.
Materia Medica and Therapeutics, long a valued text-book; Select
Speeches (edited); Lectures on Eruptive Fevers, Hemorrhages and
Dropsies; Lectures on Thoracic Viscera. _See Gross’s Sketches of
Contemporaries._
=Charles, Mrs. Emily [Thornton].= _Ind._, 1845-189-. A Washington
journalist who published two volumes of verse. Hawthorn Blossoms;
Lyrical Poems. _Lip._
=Chase, George.= _Me._, 1849- ----. A professor of criminal law at
Columbia College. The American Students’ Blackstone.
=Chase, George Wingate.= _Ms._, 1826-1867. A native and resident
of Haverhill, Massachusetts. History of Haverhill, 1640-1860; The
Freemason’s Monitor; Masonic Dictionary and Manual of Masonic Law;
Tactics for Knights Templars and Appendant Authors.
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