Chapman

Chapman

Chapman is an English occupational surname. A chapman was an itinerant seller in medieval Britain. It is the cognate of the German Kaufmann.

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Famous quotes containing the word chapman:

    And let a scholar all earth’s volumes carry,
    He will be but a walking dictionary:
    A mere articulate clock.
    —George Chapman (1559–1634)

    We have watered our houses in Helicon.
    —George Chapman (c. 1559–1634)

    Good government is the outcome of private virtue.
    —John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)