Draft:James Harvey Chaplin

James "Jim" Harvey Chaplin (16 September 1924 – 31 March 1967) was a British archaeologist and anthropologist who studied rock art in East and Central Africa, primarily.

Career

Publications

Chaplin's publications include academic articles and letters, poetry, and more:

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Job positions

• c. 1950: member of the Meteorological Department of the Northern Rhodesian Government
• 1957 – 1962: Inspector of Monuments on the Commission for the Preservation of Natural and Historical Monuments and Relics
• ...: Director of Antiquities in Uganda
• 1965–...: Inspector of Monuments at the Department of Antiquities
• c. 1966 – 1967: Curator of Monuments for Uganda

"the first executive officer of the Monuments Commission"

Activities and affiliations

• 1949–1950: participated in the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, assigned to Port Lockroy
• 1951 December 17: elected for Fellowship with the Royal Geographical Society
• 1957 December: became a member of the South African Archaeological Society
• [1957–1958]: accompanied an International Geophysical Year expedition to climb Mount Kenya
• c. 1963: received a minor grant for research on East Africa from the Emslie Horniman Anthropological Scholarship Fund
• c. 1965: became a Life Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
• c. 1966 – 1967: assisted in the editing of the Uganda Journal

Education

• 1962 – 1964 June: Post-graduate Diploma in Prehistoric Archaeology from the University of London's Institute of Archaeology
• 1964? – 1966: M.A. from the African Studies Program at the Makerere University College of the University of East Africa, supervised by Professor Merrick Posnansky

Life

Chaplin was born on 16 September 1924 to Harvey Hopper and Evelyn Bessie, and baptized 2 November 1924 in the Parish of Greenhill in the County of Middlesex. He grew up in London.

Chaplin first visited Africa in 1943. He was Christian and regularly donated a tithe to charity. His interests included mountaineering. He was homosexual, and some people may have discriminated against him as a result. He was friendly with Africans, which could be another reason why others may have disregarded him.

Chaplin was killed in a hit and run (while either standing on the curb or crossing the street) on 30 March in Kampala, and died 31 March 1967 at New Mulago Hospital. He was buried at Kampala European Cemetery. In his will, he gave a bequest to the Royal Anthropological Institute of £600 "for the improvement or extension of the Institutes library facilities", which they spent mostly on books about primitive art, since that aligned with his interests.

External links

• Chaplin's research notes: