Background
Sherman, Henry Clapp was born on October 16, 1875 in Ash Grove, Virginia, United States. Son of Franklin and Caroline (Alvord) Sherman.
Sherman, Henry Clapp was born on October 16, 1875 in Ash Grove, Virginia, United States. Son of Franklin and Caroline (Alvord) Sherman.
Bachelor of Science, Maryland. Agricultural College, 1893. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1896, Doctor of Philosophy, 1897, Honorary Doctor of Science, 1929.
Assistant in chemistry Maryland. Agricultural College, 1893-1895. Fellow in chemistry Columbia, 1895-1897, assistant, 1897-1898, lecturer, 1899-1901, instructor, 1901-1905, Adjunct Professor analytical chemistry, 1905-1907, professor organic analysis, 1907-1911, professor food chemistry, 1911-1924, Mitchill professor of chemistry, since 1924, Executive officer, department of chemistry, 1919-1939.
Assistant in nutrition investigations United States Department of Agriculture, 1898-1899.
Research associate Carnegie Institution, 1912-1929, 33-—.
Member of committee on food and nutrition National Research Council, 1920-1928, 40-—, chairman subcommittee on human nutrition, 1924-1928. Chairman commission on nutritional problems American Public Health Association, 1919-1933. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Chemical Society (vice president 1907-1908), American Society Biological Chemists (president 1926), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine.
National Academy Science. Member Harvey Society Major and
Member Franklin Institute, 1946.
Married Cora Aldrich Bowen, September 9, 1903 (deceased). Children: Phoebe (deceased), Henry Alvord, William Bowen, Caroline Clapp Sherman Lanford.