Frederick Chapman (judge)
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Sir Frederick Revans Chapman (23 October 1849 – 24 June 1936) was a New Zealand judge and was the first New Zealand-born Supreme Court judge.
Biography
Chapman was born in Wellington, the fifth son of Henry Samuel Chapman, then resident judge in Wellington. Martin Chapman was an elder brother.{{cite news | title=Obituary | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19240318.2.134 | access-date=13 February 2015 | work=The New Zealand Herald | volume=LXI | issue=18661 | date=18 March 1924 | page=10}} He was educated at the Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, and in Europe, before reading law in London. He was admitted to the bar of the Inner Temple and practised in London, before moving to Dunedin where his father was now resident judge.
He practised law with the firm of Smith, Chapman, and Sinclair. In 1903 he was appointed President of the Court of Arbitration with the status of a Supreme Court judge, and in 1907 went on to the Supreme Court. In 1921 he resigned, though for three years he accepted temporary assignments to the bench before retiring in 1924. He continued as Chairman of the War Pensions Appeal Board. He was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in the 1923 King's Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=32830 |date=2 June 1923 |page=3944 |supp=y}}
He was associated with the University of Otago, and the Hocken and Turnbull Libraries. He collected many letters and manuscripts related to New Zealand's history and was a member of several learned societies. He was also an accomplished scientist specialising in the flora and fauna of New Zealand.[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/otago-daily-times/1923/4/11/2 "The Return of the Tutanekai"], Otago Daily Times (11 April 1923).
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 | title=Official jubilee medals | date=6 May 1935 | work= Evening Post | access-date=2 July 2013 | page=4 }}
He died on 24 June 1936, aged 87 years.
Personal life
He married Clara Cook, daughter of Dunedin barrister George Cook in 1879.{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3c10/chapman-frederick-revans|title=Chapman, Frederick Revans|last=Taonga|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en|access-date=7 January 2020}} His daughter, Vera, was an artist.{{Cite web|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d235.html|title=CHAPMAN, Vera (Clara Vera) (Mrs Vera Eichelbaum) 1885–1953 {{!}} NZETC|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz|access-date=7 January 2020}} Another daughter, Hilda, married Australian lawyer and judge Sir Langer Owen in 1925.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232008711 |title=Women you ought to know about – no. 19 |date=4 November 1937 |work=The Sun |page=29 |access-date=28 November 2021}}{{cite AuDB |first=Martha |last=Rutledge |title=Owen, Sir Langer Meade (1862–1935) |volume=11 |year=1988 |id2=owen-sir-langer-meade-8499 |access-date=28 November 2021}}
Botany
=Published names=
- Celmisia brownii F.R.Chapm., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 444 (1890).{{cite journal| title=Art. LIII.—Description of a New Species of Celmisia.| author=Chapman, F.R.|year=1889|volume=22|page=444 |journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand|url=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_22/rsnz_22_00_005420.html}} (an unplaced name){{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189642-1|title=Celmisia brownii F.R.Chapm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-02-09}}
- Celmisia campbellensis F.R.Chapm., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 23: 407 (1891){{cite journal|title=Art. XLIII.—On a New Species of Celmisia| author=Chapman, F.R.|page=407|year=1890|volume=23| journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand|url=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_23/rsnz_23_00_005030.html}} (synonym of Damnamenia vernicosa (Hook.f.) Given){{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189643-1|title=Celmisia campbellensis F.R.Chapm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-02-09}}
= Names honouring Chapman =
- Deschampsia chapmanii Petrie
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References
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External links
- [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/C/ChapmanSirFrederickRevans/ChapmanSirFrederickRevans/en Biography in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand]
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