John Herbert Chapman
Canadian space researcher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Herbert Chapman was a Canadian space researcher. He started his career with his work on radio propagation and the ionosphere. Chapman grew up in London, Ontario, the son of Lt. Col. Lloyd Chapman and Kathleen Chapman. He received his BSc from The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario in 1948, and later received a Master of Science degree and a Ph.D. in physics at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. After his studies at university, Chapman got his first position in the government with the Defence Research Board . He was then promoted to the position of section leader of the ionospheric propagation unit at the Defense Research Telecommunications Establishment , which is now the Communications Research Centre in 1951 at Shirley's Bay, a Canadian military and civilian telecommunication research campus. He was also a superintendent.
