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Biography: Chapman, Henry Samuel

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D. G. Edwards. 'Chapman, Henry Samuel', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126370/related-biographies (accessed 14 July 2026).