Researching Fred Chappell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5051 people with the Chappell surname? In that year Chappell was ranked number 842 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Fred means "Form of FREDERICK. Peace" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Fred Chappell on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Fred Chappell and the Chappell Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 7752 people with the Chappell surname in the UK? Chappell is now ranked number 767 for popularity in the UK. |
Chappell Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called Fred Chappell
Fred Chappell
Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997–2002. He attended Duke University.
His 1968 novel Dagon, which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Académie française, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic.
His literary awards include the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T. S. Eliot Prize.
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