, D. D. the son of John Chapman, of Billingham, in the county of Durham,
, D. D. the son of John Chapman, of Billingham, in the county of Durham, was born at
that place in 1717, and educated at Richmond school in
Yorkshire. He afterwards entered of Christ college,
Cambridge, where he took his degrees of A. B. 1737, A.M.
174-J, and obtained a fellowship. In 1746 he was chosen
master of Magdalen college, and had the degree of LL. D.
conferred on him in 1748, and that of D. D. in 1749. In
1748 he served the office of vice-chancellor, and was appointed one of his majesty’s chaplains. In 1749, he was
rector of Kirby-over-blower in Yorkshire. In 1750 he was
presented by the king to a prebendal stall in the cathedral
of Durham; and in 1758, was appointed official to the
dean and chapter. He died at Cambridge, June 9, 1760,
in his forty-third year, and was interred in the chapel of
Magdalen college. “He died,
” says bishop Hurd, “in the
flower of his life and fortune; I knew him formerly very well.
He was in his nature a vain and busy man.
” Dr. Chapman is now known only by his “Essay on the Roman Senate,
” Observations, &c.
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