I don't have any specific information about him, but I do have friends in Sweden,
where he is very well known, and highly regarded.? There is, or was in 1995 when we had a
family visit to our friends, a sizable yacht in Stockholm Harbor named after him, which is
a Youth Hostel.? All in all, I suspect that your best bet for further information would be
through a contact in Sweden, where they are very proud of him and the name of Chapman
stands high!
Rupert
-----Original Message-----
From: The Goughs <ltcolmichaelj(a)bellsouth.net>
To: ltcolmichaelj(a)bellsouth.net
CC: chapman-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 2:44
Subject: Re: [CHAPMAN] Does anyone have information about Fredric Henric af Chapman and
his descendants
The Goughs wrote:
Dear List, does anyone have information about Fredric Henric af
Chapman and his descendants. He was commissioned by King Gustavus
Adolphus of Sweden. My daughter-in-law's GGgrandfather was Gustavus
Adolphus Chapman:
Descendants of Gustavus Adolphus Chapman, Sr.
1 Gustavus Adolphus
Chapman, Sr. b: Abt. 1850 in Rappahannock Co., Virginia d:
1916 in after being paralyzed for 13 years ..
+Minnie Brinegar m: 1886 in probably in Daviess
County, Mo
.. 2 Gustavus Adolphus Chapman, Jr. b: in Probably
Gallitan, Daviess County, MO .. 2 Edgar O.
Chapman b: in Probably Gallitan, Daviess County, MO
.. 2 Susan Chapman b: in Probably Gallitan, Daviess
County, MO .. 2 Franzel Chapman b: in
Probably Gallitan, Daviess County, MO
Fredric Henric af Chapman (September 9, 1721 in Gothenburg - August
19, 1808)was a Swedish naval architect, promoted to vice admiral in
1791, manager of the shipyard at Karlskrona between 1782-1793.
His father was an English naval officer, Thomas Chapman (born 1679 in
Yorkshire), who moved to Sweden in 1715 and joined the Royal Swedish
Navy and his mother was the daughter of a shipwright. Chapman was
ennobled in 1772.
At the age of 15 Chapman moved to Stockholm to learn the art of
shipbuilding, during a visit to England in 1741 he was arrested when
visiting a shipyard. Upon release, he was offered English service,
which he declined. In 1750, he studied mathematics under Thomas
Simpson, applying Simpson's rules for integrating curves in ship
design to calculate areas, volumes and moments. In 1744 he and another
person established a shipyard in Gothenburg. Between 1752-56 he
studied abroad. In 1757 he was commissioned as a junior shipwright by
the Royal Swedish Navy and tasked with designing a couple of shallow
draft vessels for the Finnish archipelago or coastal fleet. 1764 he
was promoted to
senior shipwright.
Chapman was the author of Architectura Navalis Mercatoria (1768) and
several other shipbuilding-related works. His Tract om Skepps
Buggeriet ("Treatise on Shipbuilding") published in 1775 is a
pioneering work in modern naval
architecture.
Mike
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Michael J. Gough
ltcolmichaelj(a)bellsouth.net
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