Background
Chapin, James Paul was born on July 9, 1889 in New York City. Son of Gilbert Granger and Nano (Eagle) Chapin.
Chapin, James Paul was born on July 9, 1889 in New York City. Son of Gilbert Granger and Nano (Eagle) Chapin.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1916, Master of Arts, 1917, Doctor of Philosophy, 1932.
; children—Mary Louise, Suzanne Caroline (deceased), James Drouël, Pauline Thomas. Married second, Ruth Trimble, September 5, 1940. With American Museum Natural History, 1905, assistant on Congo Expedition, 1909-1915, assistant department ornithology, 1915-1919, assistant curator same department, 1919, associate curator, 1923-1948, curator emeritus, research associate African ornithology, since 1949.
Expeditions to Canadian Rockies, 1915, Panama, 1923, East Africa and Belgian Congo, 1926-1927, Galapagos Islands, 1930, Belgian Congo, 1930-1931, Polynesia, Juan Fernandez, Galapagos Islands, 1934-1935, Belgian Congo, 1937, for IRSAC, Belgian foundation, 1953-1958, Ascension Island, 1942.
Served as First lieutenant United States Roman Catholic, 1917-1919. Member Staten Island Institute Arts and Sciences (president 1934-1950), Staten Island Zoological Society (president 1937-1946), American Ornithologists Union (president 1939-1942), British Ornithologists Union, Cercle Zoölogique Congolais, Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschraft, Societe Orinthologique de France (honorary. Member), Linnean Society New York (president 1928-1929), Newcomen Society, South. African Ornith.
Society, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Club: Explorers (president 1949-1950 New York City).
Married Suzanne Drouël, October 3, 1921 (divorced 1939). Married second, Ruth Trimble, September 5, 1940. Children: Mary Louise, Suzanne Caroline (deceased), James Drouël, Pauline Thomas.