Robert Lundquist Chapman (December 28, 1920 – January 27, 2002) was an American professor of English literature who edited several dictionaries and thesauri.
As a young man, he worked in factories and drove a truck, then enrolled at the University of Michigan to study English literature.
Chapman's college career was interrupted by World War II, when he served in Europe with the United States Army.
[1] Chapman lived in Madison, New Jersey, and died in nearby Morristown in 2002 after battling a long illness.
[4] In an obituary, Paul Farhi of The Washington Post wrote, "On behalf of blocked writers everywhere, we salute Mr. Chapman.