Background
Sharp, Henry Staats was born on March 26, 1902 in Stuyvesant Falls, New York, United States. Son of Isaac and Clara (van Alstyne) Sharp.
Sharp, Henry Staats was born on March 26, 1902 in Stuyvesant Falls, New York, United States. Son of Isaac and Clara (van Alstyne) Sharp.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1924. A.M., Columbia, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1929.
Geology, Denison U., 1930-1932. Instructor geology Columbia, 1932-1937, assistant professor, 1937-1945, associate professor, 1945-1949, professor, 1949-1967, professor emeritus, 1967-1969, Executive officer, department geology and geography Barnard College, 1941-1964. Geologist Military Geology Unit, United States Geological Survey, 1947-1949.
Fellow Geological Society American. Member Association American Geographers. Managing editor, Journal of Geomorphology, 1938-1942.
Married Gertrude Schuyler Hargrave, June 6, 1928. Children: John Van Alstyne, Schuyler, Katherine E. Assistant.