Nationality American Role Author | Spouse(s) Grace Hastings Children Waitstill Sharp Name Dallas Sharp | |
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Born 1870 Haleyville, New Jersey Died 1929, United States of America Books A watcher in the woods, Wild life near home, The Lay of the Land, The Hills of Hingham, Roof and Meadow |
Dallas Lore Sharp
Dallas Lore Sharp (1870–1929) was an American author and university professor, born in the Haleyville section of Commercial Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey.
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He graduated at Brown University in 1895, served as a Methodist Episcopal minister for four years, and graduated at the Boston University School of Theology in 1899. He married Grace Hastings and the couple had four sons, including Waitstill Sharp.
He was assistant librarian (1899–1902), assistant professor of English (1902–09), and thereafter professor at Boston University.
As a writer he became known through his charming magazine articles on native birds and small mammals and for his books.
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