Arnold Buffum Chace was the eleventh chancellor of Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 in Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

. He was the son of Samuel Buffington Chace and Elizabeth Buffum Chace

Elizabeth Buffum Chace

Elizabeth Buffum Chace was an influential American activist in the Anti-Slavery, Women's Rights, and Prison Reform Movements of the mid-to-late 19th century.- Birth and early life :...

 who were Quakers and prominent Anti-Slavery activists.

Arnold Buffum Chace studied at Brown

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

, Harvard and at École de Médecine in Paris.

In his later life, Chace became fascinated with Egyptian Mathematics and published his work on the Rhind Papyrus in 1927.