Graham Chapman was born on 8 January 1941 at the Stoneygate Nursing Home, Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, the son of policeman Walter Chapman and Edith Towers. Walter … See more

Pre-Python career
Following their Footlights success, Chapman and Cleese began to write professionally for the BBC, initially for David Frost but also for Marty Feldman. Frost had recruited Cleese, and in turn Cleese decided he … See more

Following Chapman's death, reformations of the Pythons have included an urn said to contain his ashes. At the 1998 Aspen Comedy Arts … See more

• Graham Chapman at PythOnline Pythons Page
• Graham Chapman at the BFI's Screenonline See more

Chapman first met his long-term partner David Sherlock in Ibiza in 1966. He later described realising he was homosexual as "an important … See more

In 1988, Chapman made a routine visit to a dentist, who found a small, malignant tumour on one of his tonsils, leading to both being … See more

• McCabe, Bob (2005). The Life of Graham, The authorised biography of Graham Chapman. London: Orion Books. ISBN 978-0-7528-5773-2.
• McCall, Douglas (2013). Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969–2012 (2nd ed.). McFarland. See more