Background
Chapin, Henry Edgerton was born on May 9, 1859 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel W. and Maria (Damon) Chapin.
Chapin, Henry Edgerton was born on May 9, 1859 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel W. and Maria (Damon) Chapin.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Massachusetts, and Boston University, 1881. Post-graduate student chemistry and biology, Johns Hopkins, 1886-1887. Master of Science, Mich, Agricultural College, 1893.
(Doctor of Science, McKendree College, 1908).
Taught in secondary schools and engaged in agricultural journalism, 1881-1886. Teacher Pennsylvania State Normal School, 1888-1890. Professor biology, Ohio University, 1891-1900.
Instructor in biology and physiography, high school, New York, since 1900.
Lecturer and member Council Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences and president department of botany, 1904-1914. Editor “Tomahawk,” magazine of Alpha Sigma Phi, 1916-1921.
Captain Ohio National Guard, 1892-1893. Captain New York reserve list for commissioned officers, since 1917.
Joint author: Chapin’s and Rettger’s Elementary Zoölogy and Guide, 1896.
Member Council Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences and president department of botany, 1904-1914.
Married Eudora M. Hoffman, June 29, 1893.