Difference between revisions of "GRANT, Chapman"
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<span style="color:#006400">'''GRANT, Chapman'''</span> (1887-1983), born in New York on March 27, 1887, Major Chapman Grant was the last living grandson of the 18th president of the United States, President Ulysses S. Grant. He became career military man, herpetologist, historian and publisher. In 1892 the Grant family moved to San Diego. Grant was graduated from Williams College in 1910. He began a career in the military and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 14th U.S. Calvary. Grant continued his scientific studies while in the military, and in 1932 he established the magazine, Herpetologica. Grant retired with rank of Major. In 1913 he married Mabel Lillian Pennebacker, and they had two children: Mabel Chapman Grant (1918-1978); and Ulysses Simpson Grant V (1920-2011). Grant participated in several expeditions led by the San Diego Museum of Natural History. In 1982 the Major Chapman Grant Hall of Ecology was established in the San Diego Museum of Natural History in his honor. He died on January 5, 1983 at the age of 95, and is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery. Chapman Grant collected on four California Channel Island: Santa Rosa Island (1948); Santa Cruz Island (1948); Santa Catalina Island (1948; and San Clemente Island (1948, 1949). | <span style="color:#006400">'''GRANT, Chapman'''</span> (1887-1983), born in New York on March 27, 1887, Major Chapman Grant was the last living grandson of the 18th president of the United States, President Ulysses S. Grant. He became career military man, herpetologist, historian and publisher. In 1892 the Grant family moved to San Diego. Grant was graduated from Williams College in 1910. He began a career in the military and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 14th U.S. Calvary. Grant continued his scientific studies while in the military, and in 1932 he established the magazine, Herpetologica. Grant retired with rank of Major. In 1913 he married Mabel Lillian Pennebacker, and they had two children: Mabel Chapman Grant (1918-1978); and Ulysses Simpson Grant V (1920-2011). Grant participated in several expeditions led by the San Diego Museum of Natural History. In 1982 the Major Chapman Grant Hall of Ecology was established in the San Diego Museum of Natural History in his honor. He died on January 5, 1983 at the age of 95, and is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery. Chapman Grant collected on four California Channel Island: Santa Rosa Island (1948); Santa Cruz Island (1948); Santa Catalina Island (1948; and San Clemente Island (1948, 1949). | ||
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'''Santa Rosa Island''' | '''Santa Rosa Island''' | ||
8/10-11/1948 SDNHM herps | |||
'''Santa Cruz Island''' | '''Santa Cruz Island''' | ||
8/9/1948 SDNHM herps | |||
'''Santa Catalina Island''' | '''Santa Catalina Island''' | ||
8/14/1948 SDMNH herps | |||
'''San Clemente Island''' | '''San Clemente Island''' | ||
8/16/1948 SDMNH herps | |||
2/1949 SDMNH herps | |||
Revision as of 19:08, 25 September 2015
GRANT, Chapman (1887-1983), born in New York on March 27, 1887, Major Chapman Grant was the last living grandson of the 18th president of the United States, President Ulysses S. Grant. He became career military man, herpetologist, historian and publisher. In 1892 the Grant family moved to San Diego. Grant was graduated from Williams College in 1910. He began a career in the military and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 14th U.S. Calvary. Grant continued his scientific studies while in the military, and in 1932 he established the magazine, Herpetologica. Grant retired with rank of Major. In 1913 he married Mabel Lillian Pennebacker, and they had two children: Mabel Chapman Grant (1918-1978); and Ulysses Simpson Grant V (1920-2011). Grant participated in several expeditions led by the San Diego Museum of Natural History. In 1982 the Major Chapman Grant Hall of Ecology was established in the San Diego Museum of Natural History in his honor. He died on January 5, 1983 at the age of 95, and is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery. Chapman Grant collected on four California Channel Island: Santa Rosa Island (1948); Santa Cruz Island (1948); Santa Catalina Island (1948; and San Clemente Island (1948, 1949).
Island Collections~
Santa Rosa Island
8/10-11/1948 SDNHM herps
Santa Cruz Island
8/9/1948 SDNHM herps
Santa Catalina Island
8/14/1948 SDMNH herps
San Clemente Island
8/16/1948 SDMNH herps 2/1949 SDMNH herps
