Val Chapman

Valentine Jackson Chapman OBE (14 February 1910 – 5 December 1980) was a New Zealand botanist, university professor and conservationist.

Chapman in 1962

Biography

He was born in Alcester, Warwickshire, England, on 14 February 1910.[1]

Chapman was an associate of Auckland's Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson and was a member of the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board between 1955 and 1956. He was a member of the Auckland City Council winning two by-elections in 1954 and 1961.[2] Despite these successes, he was defeated in both subsequent elections in 1956 and 1962, missing out by only 172 votes in his second attempt.[3][4]

In the 1974 New Year Honours, Chapman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for academic and public services.[5] In 1977, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[6]

Chapman died on 5 December 1980.[6]

Books by V.J.Chapman

The standard author abbreviation V.J.Chapm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

  • Seaweeds and Their Uses, 1970

References
  1. Morton, John. "Valentine Jackson Chapman". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "Professor Chapman Wins Election". The New Zealand Herald. 6 February 1961. p. 1.
  3. "Declaration of Poll". The New Zealand Herald. 28 November 1956. p. 5.
  4. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 27 October 1968. p. 10.
  5. "No. 46163". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1974. p. 36.
  6. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 95. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  7. IPNI.  V.J.Chapm.
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