William Graves Sharp
William Graves Sharp, born in Mount Gilead, Ohio March 14, 1859, deceased November 17, 1922, was an American lawyer, manufacturer, three-term congressman, and diplomat, member of the sixty-first to the sixty-third Congresses of the United States, resigning in 1914 to become Ambassador to France by appointment of President Wilson. He served until April 14, 1919, then returned to Elyria, Ohio, and engaged in literary pursuits. He was known as the Father of Air Mail due to his vision of using aircraft for postal delivery.[1]
His pertinence to the geopolitics of World War I, in his capacity as the American ambassador to France, is likely of note.
See William Graves Sharp for more on his early professional life.
He has largely entered our data in his capacity as an author, and in terms of his political advocacy of aeronautics and aviation, this writing and the political activity somewhat overlapping.
Aero inventor William Sharp, one inventor of Patent US-1911-1177656, is only fairly likely not this individual. Inventors William Sharp and Edward Sharp both filed in collaboration with John Sharp. Interestingly, perhaps, the patent data around these inventors does involve locations in Ohio. See Sharp surname disambiguation. This person had 5 publications and 0 patents in this database.
Publications by or about William Graves Sharp
- Sharp, 1912, Aerial navigation. Speech of Hon. William G. Sharp of Ohio in the House of Representatives (Simple title: Aerial navigation. Speech of Hon. William G. Sharp of Ohio in the House of Representatives, Journal: Flying)
- Burgess, 1912, On marine flying (Simple title: On marine flying, Journal: Aero Club Am. Bull.)
- Sharp, 1912, Sharp on aerial navigation (Simple title: Sharp on aerial navigation, Journal: Aerial Age)
- Sharp, 1913, Congress and aeronautics (Simple title: Congress and aeronautics, Journal: Aircraft)
- Lawson, 1913, Educate Congress and Newspaper Editors (Simple title: Educate Congress and Newspaper Editors, Journal: Aircraft)
- Sharp, 1913, Sharp introduces military aero bill (Simple title: Sharp introduces military aero bill, Journal: Aero and Hydro)
- Sharp, 1914, Hon. William Graves Sharp, new ambassador to France. A devoted worker for the advance of aeronautics (Simple title: Hon. William Graves Sharp, new ambassador to France. A devoted worker for the advance of aeronautics, Journal: Flying)
References
Names | William Graves Sharp; William G. Sharp; Hon. William Graves Sharp |
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Countries | US |
Locations | Mount Gilead, OH, Elyria, OH, Morrow county, OH, Lorain county, OH, Ohio |
Occupations | lawyer, manufacturer, politician, ambassador, author |
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Affiliations | Congress of the United States, Embassy of the United States to France |
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Birth date | 1859-03-14 |
Death date | 1922-11-17 |
Wikidata id | Q8010125 |