Guy Chapman

Guy Patterson Chapman (September 1889-June 1972) was an historian and British author.

"He was educated at Westminster School, Christ Church, Oxford, and the London School of Economics. He married Margaret Storm Jameson in 1926. Chapman served in the Royal Fusiliers, 1914-20, particularly in France and Belgium, 1915-18 (despatches twice, OBE, MC), and also served in World War Two. He was engaged in book publishing, 1920-40, and was Professor of Modern History, University of Leeds, 1945-53, and later visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh, 1948-9." [ [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FCHPN Janus] ]

Works

*"A Passionate Prodigality", 1933;
*"Beckford, a biography", 1938;
*"A Bibliography of the Works of William Beckford", 1931;
*"Culture and Survival", 1940;
*"The Dreyfus Case: A Reassessment", 1955
*"The Third Republic of France: the First Phase", 1963;
*"Why France Collapsed", 1968.

Further reading

* [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/mlc/chapman/chapman.html library.wustl.edu]
* [http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/chapman.htm www.firstworldwar.com]
* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWchapman.htm www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk]

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*worldcat id|lccn-n79-6683