Sharpless, Frederick Fraley, 1866-1951.
Biographical notes:
Frederick Fraley Sharpless was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1866 and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1888. After graduation he accepted a position at the newly opened Michigan Mining School in Houghton, Michigan as a professor of metallurgy. He left after five years, joining the Consolidated Mines Selection Co., Ltd. of London as their American representative. He went on to become a consulting mining engineer and was elected Secretary of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (A.I.M.E.) in 1921. Mr. Sharpless passed away in 1951 after a long illness.
From the description of Frederick Fraley Sharpless Photograph Collection, 1889-1895. (Michigan Technological University). WorldCat record id: 703875338
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Subjects:
- Copper mines and mining
- Landscapes
- Outdoor recreation
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- Michigan--Copper Country (as recorded)
- Copper Country (Mich.) (as recorded)
- Michigan--Upper Peninsula (as recorded)
- Michigan--Keweenaw Peninsula (as recorded)
