Background
Clapp, Edwin Jones was born on September 9, 1881 in Hudson, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Newell Harvey and Sarah Elizabeth beth (Jones) Clapp.
Clapp, Edwin Jones was born on September 9, 1881 in Hudson, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Newell Harvey and Sarah Elizabeth beth (Jones) Clapp.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1904. Studied in Germany, 1907-1910. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Berlin, 1910.
Instructor political economy, Yale, 1910-1911. Assistant professor trade and transportation, School of Commerce, New York University, 1911-1912. Special traffic commissioner, Directors of the Portuguese of Boston, 1912-1914.
Professor economics, New York University, 1914-1920.
Chief of economics section, Information and Education Service, unites states department of Labor, 1918-1919. General manager Fifty-Fifty Corporation, 1919.
Secretary treasurer Exporters’ Encyclopedia Company, 1919-1920. Consultant economist, 1920-1921.
Financial editor New York American, 1922-1923, editor, 1924.
Staff correspondent Hearst newspapers, 1925. Editorial staff, Los Angeles Examiner, 1926. Financial and editorial writer Hearst newspapers, 1927-1928.
Assistant to West. C. Durant, 1929.
Christian Scientist. Author: The Navigable Rhine, 1911. The Portuguese of Hamburg, 1911.
Economic Aspects of the War, 1915. The Portuguese of Boston, 1916.
Railway Traffic, 1917.
The Portuguese of Charleston, 1921.
Married Susanna Clifford Nelson, July 17, 1907. Children: Amy Nelson, Edwin Jones.