page_title: Chapman (surname)
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hierarchical_section_title: Chapman (surname) / A
context_page_description: Chapman is an English surname derived from the Old English occupational name céapmann “marketman, monger, merchant”, from the verb céapan, cypan “to buy or sell” and the noun form ceap "barter, business; a purchase." Alternate spellings include Caepmon, Cepeman, Chepmon, Cypman, and Shapman.
  The Oxford English Dictionary supplies four meanings for chapman, all of which pertain to buying and selling: 1) A man whose business was buying and selling; 2) an itinerant dealer who travels, also known as a hawker or peddler; 3) an agent in a commercial transaction; 4) a purchaser or customer. The OED includes a citation of an English ordinance or decree that dates from 1553, during the reign of Edward VI: "No Tinker, Peddler, or petit Chapman shall wander about from the Towne but such as shall be licensed by two Justices of Peace." According to a list of colonial occupations, a chapman is a peddler or dealer of goods, usually itinerant, going from village to village. The related word chapbook is a later coinage from the 19th century which appears to refer to the fact that chapbooks were very cheaply made.
context_section_description: Abel Chapman (1851–1929), British born hunter-naturalist
  Adam Chapman (born 1989), Northern Irish footballer
  Alfred Chapman (1829–1915), American real estate attorney and investor, best known as one of the founders of Orange, California
  Alger Chapman (1904–1983), American attorney, businessman and New York State official
  Alger Chapman Jr. (1931–2013), American chief executive
  Allan Chapman (historian) (born 1946), British historian of science
  Allan Chapman (politician) (1897–1966), Scottish Unionist Member of Parliament 1935–1945
  Alvah Chapman Jr. (1921–2008), American newspaper publisher
  Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American botanist
  Amy Chapman (born 1987), Australian soccer player
  Andrew Grant Chapman (1839–1892), American politician
  Andy Chapman (born 1959), British indoor soccer player
  Anna Kushchyenko-Chapman (born 1982), Russian Entrepreneur, television host, and agent of the Russian Federation
  Anne Chapman, Franco-American ethnologist
  Annie Chapman (1841–1888), English victim of Jack the Ripper
  Aroldis Chapman (born 1988), Cuban baseball player
  Art Chapman, (1906–1962), Canadian Ice Hockey player and Olympian
  Art Chapman (basketball) (1912–1986), Canadian basketball player
  Arthur Chapman (poet) (1873–1935), American poet and newspaper columnist
  Arthur B. Chapman (1908–2004), British-American animal genetic researcher
  Augustus A. Chapman (1805–1876), American lawyer and Democratic Party politician
  Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864), American founder of Houston, Texas
  Austin Chapman (1864–1926), Australian Protectionist Party politician
caption: Austin Chapman, Australian Protectionist Party politician
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