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Chapman was born in West Englewood , New Jersey and attended Englewood Academy. He joined the staff of the American Museum Of Natural History in 1888 as assistant to Joel Asaph Allen . In 1901 he was made associate Curator of Mammals and Birds and in 1908 Curator of Birds.

Chapman came up with the original idea for the Christmas Bird Count .

Frank Chapman also wrote many ornithological books such as, Bird Life , Birds Of Eastern North America , Bird Studies With A Camera , and Life In An Air Castle .

One Child Frank Chapman, Jr. who married Gladys Swarthout