Ann Chapman | |
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Born | Margaret Ann Chapman 14 January 1937 Dunedin, New Zealand |
Died | 23 May 2009 Hamilton, New Zealand | (aged 72)
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Limnology |
Institutions | University of Waikato |
Thesis | Ecological studies on the zooplankton of Loch Lomond |
Margaret Ann Chapman (14 January 1937 – 23 May 2009) was a limnologist, one of the first New Zealand women scientists to visit Antarctica, and the first woman to lead a scientific expedition to Antarctica.[1] Lake Chapman, in Antarctica's Ross Dependency, was named for Chapman.[2] Chapman spent most of her teaching career at the University of Waikato.