George Shepard Chappell, AIA (January 2, 1877 – November 25, 1946) was an American architect, parodist, journalist (with the magazine Vanity Fair) and author.
He is known as the author of numerous books, including a travel series parody published under the pseudonym Walter E. Traprock.
[1] After graduating in 1899, he went to Paris to train in architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
After getting started in architecture, Chappell also wrote articles for Vanity Fair.
These included a series of travel parodies under the pseudonym of Walter E. Traprock.