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Fredrik Henrik af Chapman

1721 - 1808

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Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (9 September 1721 – 19 August 1808) was a Swedish shipbuilder, scientist and naval officer. He was vice admiral in the Swedish Navy, and manager of the Karlskrona shipyard from 1782 to 1793. Chapman is credited as the world's 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fredrik Henrik af Chapman is the 247th most popular engineer (down from 245th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 583rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman ranks 247 out of 389. Before him are Yahya Ayyash, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Charles F. Brush, Eugène Flachat, Ed Heinemann, and Louis Vicat. After him are Sergey Chaplygin, Hans Moravec, Léon Serpollet, Brian McGuire, Waloddi Weibull, and Louis Pouzin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman ranks 19. Before him are Joseph de Guignes, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Francesco Sabatini, and Roger Sherman. After him are William Robertson, Benjamin Wilson, Mark Akenside, Peyton Randolph, and William Collins. Among people deceased in 1808, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman ranks 22. Before him are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, José Celestino Mutis, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, and Alexander Dalrymple. After him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Giuseppe Piermarini, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Carl Hindenburg, John Wilkinson, and Fisher Ames.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman ranks 617 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz (1716), Kjell Bäckman (1934), Hasse Jeppson (1925), Karl-Erik Palmér (1929), Tore Svensson (1927), and Sven Lindqvist (1932). After him are Gösta Ekman (1939), Rune Larsson (1924), Olle Anderberg (1919), Bengt Ekerot (1920), David Lagercrantz (1962), and Sven Thofelt (1904).

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Among ENGINEERS In Sweden

Among engineers born in Sweden, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman ranks 6. Before him are Lennart Torstensson (1603), Gustaf de Laval (1845), Harry Nyquist (1889), Erik Dahlbergh (1625), and Johan August Brinell (1849). After him are Waloddi Weibull (1887).

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