page_title: Nathaniel Chapman
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Nathaniel Chapman / Early life / Personal life
context_page_description: Nathaniel Chapman was an American physician. He was the founding president of the American Medical Association in 1847. Chapman founded the American Journal of the Medical Sciences in 1820 and served as its editor for some years, and also served as President of both the Philadelphia Medical Society and the American Philosophical Society.
context_section_description: In 1808, he married Rebekah Biddle (1782-1870), the daughter of Clement Biddle and Rebekah Cornell of Philadelphia.
caption: His wife, Rebekah Biddle, painted by Benjamin Trott (ca. 1815)
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