page_title: Alvan Wentworth Chapman
section_title: Memorials
hierarchical_section_title: Alvan Wentworth Chapman / Memorials
caption_attribution_description: Apalachicola, Florida: Apalachicola Historic District: Chapman Elementary School
context_page_description: Alvan Wentworth Chapman was an American physician and pioneering botanist in the study of flora of the American Southeast. He wrote Flora of the Southern United States, the first comprehensive description of US plants in any region beyond the northeastern states. Chapman is a leader in the fields of hierarchy theory, systems theory, and complexity.
context_section_description: He is memorialized in the genus Chapmania and a multitude of species names.
  Chapman High School and Chapman Elementary School in Apalachicola were named in his honor.
  Chapman Botanical Gardens  A beautiful place for reflection and admiring nature, the gardens honor Dr. Chapman.
  Chapman House Museum (the fully restored, Greek Revival-style home built in the 1840s by Dr. Alvin Wentworth Chapman in Apalachicola, FL)
caption: Chapman Elementary School
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