Harold Chapman (1881 – 10 August 1965) was a British orthodontist who was England's first exclusive orthodontic practitioner in 1921. He was also the President of the European Orthodontic Society and

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during his career.

Life

He was born in Liverpool in 1881. He attended

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while growing up. He attended

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for College after which he then attended

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and received his L.D.S.R..C.S. degree in 1903. He was then appointed Dental House Surgeon at

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. This followed by him practiced for 9 months in Southport, Lancashire where he met Mathew H. Cryer who was at that time the Professor of Oral Surgery at University of Pennsylvania. After meeting him, Chapman travelled to USA and enrolled in

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where he obtained his dental degree. He then enrolled himself in

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and graduated from there in 1905. After his return, Chapman worked with George Northcroft for 2 years before starting his own practice in 1921. He then became the first person in England to solely practice orthodontics. He continued working in his practice until his retirement in 1952. He was an Honorary Dental Surgeon at

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in 1911. He also organised the first postgraduate course on orthodontics in England on behalf of the Dental Board of United Kingdom.

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awarded him with Faculty of Dental Surgery in 1947.

Awards and positions

- President (1934) *

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, Odontological Section - President (1943) * European Orthodontic Society - President (1938) * British Society for the Study of Orthodontics - Secretary (1910–1925), President (1925–1952), Honorary Treasurer (1942–1952) *

- Faculty member of 40 years

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Harold 1881 births 1965 deaths Orthodontists Alumni of the University of Liverpool 20th-century dentists British expatriates in the United States