Background
Grant, Chapman was born on March 22, 1887 in Salem Center, New York, United States. Son of Jesse Root and Elizabeth (Chapman) Grant.
Grant, Chapman was born on March 22, 1887 in Salem Center, New York, United States. Son of Jesse Root and Elizabeth (Chapman) Grant.
Student Thacher School, Ojai, California, 1903-1905, Morristown School, Morristown, New Jersey, 1906. Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1910.
President, Lyceum National History, Williams College, 1907-1910. Commissioned United States Army in competitive examination from civil life, 1913, served until 1935. Discharge as major. Assistant director New York Aquarium, 1910-1913.
Scientist, espdn. of America Museum to Yucatan and Mexico, 1910.
Director Detroit Aquarium, 1920. Scientist United States Navy and Bishop Museum United States Ship Tanager expedition to Leeward Islands (Hawaiian group), 1923.
Real estate operator, San Diego, California, 1935-1945. Avacado grower, Escondido, California, 1939-1946.
Founder Herpetologica, 1936, and served as editor public.
Founded Herpetologists League 1946.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Herpetologists League. Member American Society Icthyologists and Herpetologists, American Ornithological Union, Cooper Ornithological. Club, Indiana Academy Science, San Diego Society National History (director, life.
Married Mabel Glenn Ward, November 21, 1917. Children: Ulysses South., Mabel (Mistress Bruce R. Hazard).