Surname: Chapman Forename(s): Matthew James b. 1796. d. 15 November 1865. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and translator. Alternative signature: “Mr. Chapman.” Born in Barbados, West
Indies. Educated at the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge. Biographical
information: Curran Index; Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p.91. (AC, CC)