Grant W. Sharpe
Scientist
About Grant W. Sharpe
Lived 1926 – 2006 (aged 79–80). Grant W. Sharpe was an environmental scientist and forestry scientist, known for Heritage interpretation.
Grant W. Sharpe was a leading supporter of interpretation and a well-known environmental author.
Sharpe wrote about both interpretation but also forests as renewable resources. With co-authors John C. Hendee and Wenonah F. Sharpe he published Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources now in its 7th edition (2009).
He was born in Ukiah, California in 1926 and died in Seattle, Washington in 2006.
To commemorate his work the region 10 of National Association for Interpretation gives an annual Grant W. Sharpe Award to an NAI Region 10 member that has made a major contribution in the field of interpretation or that help legitimize interpretation as a profession following Sharpe's work.
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Who was Grant W. Sharpe?
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When was Grant W. Sharpe born?
Grant W. Sharpe was born in 1926.
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Grant W. Sharpe died in 2006.
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Grant W. Sharpe was an environmental scientist and forestry scientist.
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Grant W. Sharpe was known for Heritage interpretation.
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