GRANT, Chapman
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:
- San Clemente Island (1948, 1949)
- Santa Catalina Island (1948)
- Santa Cruz Island (1948)
- Santa Rosa Island (1948)
Island Collections~
San Clemente Island
8/16/1948 SDMNH herps 2/1949 SDMNH herps
Santa Catalina Island
8/14/1948 SDMNH herps
Santa Cruz Island
8/9/1948 SDNHM herps
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18393 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18394 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18395 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18396 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18397 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18398 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18399 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18400 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18401 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18402 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18403 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18404 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18406 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18406 | Pseudacris regilla | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18445 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18446 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18447 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18448 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18449 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18450 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18451 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18452 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18453 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | Chapman Grant | SDMNH | August 11, 1948 | SDMNH-18410 | Pituophis catenifer | Herps |
