Guy Chapman
Major Guy Patterson Chapman OBE MC (September 1889 – June 1972) was a British historian and author.
He was educated at Westminster School, Christ Church, Oxford and the London School of Economics. He married Margaret Storm Jameson in 1926. Chapman served in the Royal Fusiliers, 1914–20, particularly in France and Belgium, 1915–18. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[1]
He was awarded the Military Cross in December 1919:
For conspicuous gallantry and leadership near Ghissignies, on 4th November, 1918. When the battalion was going through Gihissignies in support of the attack, information was received that the left company of the leading battalion had been held up. Under heavy shell fire he went forward to reconnoitre, and found that the supporting battalion appeared likely to become prematurely involved in the fighting. By his energy and initiative in taking command of the situation this was prevented.[2]
He also served in World War Two.
He was engaged in book publishing, 1920–40, and was Professor of Modern History, University of Leeds, 1945–53, and visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh, 1948–49."[3]
Works
- "A Passionate Prodigality", 1933
- "Beckford, a biography", 1938
- "A Bibliography of the Works of William Beckford", 1931
- "Culture and Survival", 1940
- "The Dreyfus Case: A Reassessment", 1955
- "The Third Republic of France: the First Phase", 1963
- "Why France Collapsed", 1968
Further reading
Sources
- ^ "No. 31092". The London Gazette (invalid
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