Robert William Chase

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| occupation = Ornithologist

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Robert William Chase (1852–1927) was a British ornithologist, businessman, and philanthropist. His extensive collection of taxidermied birds is now in the care of Birmingham Museums Trust.{{cite book|last=Watson|first=Phil|title=Birmingham Ornithology Collections Part 1 - The R W Chase Collection of British Birds|url=http://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTQvMTEvMjAvOWJ3a2tiYmwza19DaGFzZUNvbGxlY3Rpb25fQmlyZHMucGRmIl1d/ChaseCollection%20Birds.pdf|year=2010|publisher=Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery}}

Chase owned a brush-making business in Birmingham. He was elected to the British Ornithologists' Union in 1882.{{cite journal|year=1892|journal=Ibis|series=6|volume=IV|url=https://archive.org/stream/ibis11uniogoog/ibis11uniogoog_djvu.txt|title=Members|doi=10.1111/ibi.1892.34.issue-1}}

He was also vice-chairman of the board of governors of Birmingham Blue Coat School. He was treasurer (1892-1894 ) and president (1885-1886, 1899, 1905-1907) of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society, and in 1885 president of the Midland Union of Natural History Societies.{{cite news |title=Midland Union of Natural History Societies |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=17 June 1885 |page=7}}

In 1892 his address was given as "Southfield, Priory Road, Birmingham".