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chapman . chapman is wearing his hooded work jacket with the painted order of vasa on it . by lorens pasch the younger in 1778 manager of the shipyard at karlskrona sweden sweden august 19 , 1808 gothenburg , sweden sweden 1562 september 9 , 1721 vice admiral fredrik henrik af chapman-pasch portrait.jpg fredrik henrik af chapman
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fredrik henrik af chapman

fredrik henrik af chapman -lrb- september 9 , 1721 in gothenburg -- august 19 , 1808 -rrb- was a swedish shipbuilder , scientist and officer in the swedish navy .
he was also manager of the karlskrona shipyard 1782-1793 .
chapman is credited as the first person to apply scientific methods to shipbuilding and is considered to be the first naval architect .
chapman was the author of `` architectura navalis mercatoria '' -lrb- 1768 -rrb- and several other shipbuilding-related works .
his `` tractat om skepps-byggeriet '' -lrb- `` treatise on shipbuilding '' -rrb- published in 1775 is a pioneering work in modern naval architecture .
he was the first shipbuilder in northern europe to introduce prefabrication in shipyards and managed to produce several series of ships in record time .
he was ennobled as `` af chapman '' in 1772 , after the successful coup of swedish king gustav iii .
