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Name: CHAPMAN, Abel
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1851 Bishopwearmouth
Death Date: 23 Jan 1929 Houxty, Northumberland
First Date: 1908
Last Date: 1929
Profession: He was from 1875-97 an active partner with Messrs. T.E. Cameron & Co. He had an intimate knowledge of EA, was an enthusiastic advocate of animal sanctuaries and for over 40 years wrote on Natural History, Travel and Sport
Married: In Rothbury 1885 (divorced 1893) Lucy Mary Gow bapt. 12 Mar 1857, d. 6 Sep 1929 Otterburn
Author: 'On Safari' (1908), 'Savage Sudan (1921), 'Retrospect' (1928)
Book Reference: Gillett, Chandler, Wikipedia
School: Rugby
General Information:
A great sportsman of immense and varied experiences and a keen observer of wild life.
See Wikipedia entry
Was a skilled watercolour artist - see Dictionary of Victorian Painters