Background
Sharp, Clayton Halsey was born on December 5, 1869 in Seneca, Falls, New York, United States. Son of James B. and Martha (Halsey) Sharp.
Sharp, Clayton Halsey was born on December 5, 1869 in Seneca, Falls, New York, United States. Son of James B. and Martha (Halsey) Sharp.
Preparatory education, Mynderse Academy, Seneca Falls, New New York Bachelor of Arts, Hamilton College, 1890. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1895.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Hamilton College, 1941.
Special work, U. Leipzig, 1899-1900.
Instructor in physics, Cornell Univercity, 1895-1900. Test officer for Electrical Testing laboratories, New York City, 1901-1914, vice president, 1914-1933.
Consultant in light and electricity.
Also patented various instruments for electrical and photometric measurements. Delaware to meetings of International Electrotech.
Commission, Turin, 1911, Berlin, 1913, Geneva, 1922, London, 1924, The Hague, 1925, New York, 1926, Bellagio and Rome, 1927, Stockholm, 1930, Scheveningen and Brussels, 1935, Torquay-London, 1938, president United States National Committee of same, 1924-1939, honorary president, since 1930. Delegate to meetings of the International Commision on Illumination, Berlin, 1913, Geneva, 1924, Bellagio, 1927, Saranac, 1928, Germany, 1935, and president United States National Committee of same, 1914-1928, vice president, 1928.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Elctrical Engineering. Member Illuminating Engineering Society (president 1907-1908), Societe Française des Electriciens, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Kathleen Hamilton, Malloch, October 27, 1900. Children: Dorothy Malloch (Mistress William Folterman, Junior.