Background
Mercer, Henry Chapman was born on June 24, 1856 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Robert and Mary Rebecca (Chapman) Mercer.
Mercer, Henry Chapman was born on June 24, 1856 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Robert and Mary Rebecca (Chapman) Mercer.
Editor for anthropology in American Naturalist, 1893-1897. Made a collection of utensils and implements illustrating the industrial history of the colonial United States, to preserve and exhibit, which he built and endowed a museum at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member United States Archæol. Commission, Madrid, 1893.