Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman

Swedish admiral and shipbuilder

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1721

Place of Birth: Göteborg City, Gothenburg and Bohus County, Sweden

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1808

Profession: military personnel, engineer, shipbuilder, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (9 September 1721 in Gothenburg – 19 August 1808) was a Swedish shipbuilder, scientist and officer in the Swedish navy.
He was also manager of the Karlskrona shipyard 1782-1793.
Chapman is credited as the worlds first person to apply scientific methods to shipbuilding and is considered to be the first naval architect. Chapman was the author of Architectura Navalis Mercatoria (1768) and several other shipbuilding-related works.
His Tractat om Skepps-Byggeriet ("Treatise on Shipbuilding") published in 1775 is a pioneering work in modern naval architecture.
He was the first shipbuilder in Northern Europe to introduce prefabrication in shipyards and managed to produce several series of ships in record time. He was ennobled as "af Chapman" in 1772, after the successful coup of Swedish king Gustav III.