Background

Chapman was born on July 20, 1927 in Rusk, Texas, United States; the son of Gerald Benson and Eunice (Wester) Chapman.

Education

Chapman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949 and a Master of Arts degree in 1951 from the Southern Methodist University. Six years later he was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University.

Career

Chapman began his career as an instructor at Northwestern University in 1954. Three years later he took a position of an instructor at Harvard University. Then in 1960, Gerald was appointed a lecturer at the same university. Also he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Texas from 1961 to 1962.

In 1962, he served as an associate professor of English at the University of Denver. Since 1965 Chapman was a professor at the same university. In addition, he held the position of Phipps Professor at the University of Denver in 1967-1976. Gerald was a visiting professor at Harvard University in 1968, 1970.

Nowadays he is a professor emeritus at the University of Denver.

Achievements

• Chapman is known for his books such as "Edmund Burke" and "Essays on Shakespeare".

Works

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  • Essays on Shakespeare (Princeton Legacy Library)

    (Robert Heilman gives an appreciation of Shakespeare as a ...)

    2016
  • Edmund Burke 1967

Connections

On December 31, 1950 Gerald Chapman married Ruth Rimmer, with whom he divorced in 1967. They have 2 children. On December, 1968, he married Karen Carbone, with whom he divorced in 1972.

Father:

Gerald Benson Chapman

Mother:

Eunice (Wester) Chapman

child:

Gerald Wester Junior Chapman

child:

Robin Chapman Stacey Chapman

First wife:

Ruth Rimmer

Second wife:

Karen Carbone