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Chapman, Dr
George |
CHAPMAN, DR. GEORGE, an eminent teacher and
respectable writer on education, was born in the parish of Alvale,
Banffshire, in August, 1723. He studied at Aberdeen, and taught
successively in Dalkeith, Dumfries, and Banff. He finally removed to
Edinburgh, where he carried on business as a printer. He died February
22d, 1806. Dr. Chapman’s Treatise on Education appeared in 1782; a work
of great practical utility. |
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