Abel Chapman

Abel Chapman
Born(1851-10-04)4 October 1851
Bishopwearmouth, England
Died23 January 1929(1929-01-23) (aged 77)[1]
Houxty, Northumberland, England
NationalityBritish

Abel Chapman (1851–1929) was an English, Sunderland-born hunter-naturalist. He contributed in saving the Spanish Ibex from extinction and helped in the establishment of South Africa's first game reserve.[2]

  1. ^ "Re ABEL CHAPMAN, Deceased" (PDF). The London Gazette. 13 September 1929. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Abel Chapman".