David Chapman (chemist)

David Leonard Chapman FRS (6 December 1869 – 17 January 1958) was an English physical chemist, whose name is associated with the Chapman-Jouguet treatment (on the theory of detonation in gases) and the Gouy-Chapman layer (the surface layer of ions distributed on a charged surface). He was a fellow of Jesus College, Oxford for 37 years, and was in charge there of the last college laboratory at the University of Oxford.

For other people with the same name, see David Chapman.

David Chapman
Born
David Leonard Chapman

(1869-12-06)6 December 1869
Died17 January 1958(1958-01-17) (aged 88)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Known forChapman–Jouguet condition
Gouy-Chapman layer
SpouseMuriel Chapman (née Holmes)
ChildrenRuth Chapman
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
Institutions
  • Victoria University of Manchester
  • University of Oxford
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