Researching James Clapp
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1114 people with the Clapp surname? In that year Clapp was ranked number 2488 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Clapp on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Clapp and the Clapp Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1217 people with the Clapp surname in the UK? Clapp is now ranked number 2917 for popularity in the UK. |
Clapp Family History Databases
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Clapp Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Clapp surname in the USA? Clapp is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called James Clapp
James Kilton Clapp
James Kilton Clapp (December 30, 1897 – 1965) was an American electrical engineer who worked for General Radio Corporation. He was born in Denver, Colorado and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1923, obtaining a master's degree there in 1926. He taught at MIT and then joined General Radio Corporation in 1928, until his retirement in 1957. He became a member of the IRE in 1928 and in 1933 was named "Fellow".
Several of Clapp's inventions became the basis of General Radio products. He invented a quartz-crystal oscillator frequency standard in 1930, and patented a temperature control oven for crystal oscillators. Clapp's name is best known in the field of electronics for his description in 1948 of an improved form of Colpitts oscillator known as the Clapp oscillator.
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