James Chapin
James Paul Chapin | |
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Born | 9 July 1889 |
Died | 5 April 1964 | (aged 74)
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD) |
James Paul Chapin (July 9, 1889 – April 5, 1964) was an American
Biography
Chapin is one of the highest-regarded ornithologists of the twentieth century.
Chapin served as the 17th president of The Explorers Club from 1949 to 1950.
Legacy
Chapin is commemorated in the scientific names of three species of African reptiles: Ichnotropis chapini, Pelusios chapini, and Trioceros chapini.[5] Chapin returned to the Belgian Congo in 1953 to continue fieldwork which he had started more than half a century earlier. When asked about his most famous discovery, he mentioned the Congo peafowl, adding that he had obtained a feather from this hitherto unknown bird from a pygmy on one of his expeditions, but had never seen the bird. It was unknown to science. Years later he was able to identify it as the rare Congo peafowl.
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ a b "Staten Island on the Web: Famous Staten Islanders". New York Public Library. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009.
- ^ "Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1996). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Chapin", pp. 51–52).
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