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Frank Wesley Sharp (March 18, 1906 – April 2, 1993) was a land developer in Houston, Texas, United States who was responsible for creating several large post-World War II housing developments. Sharp's largest projects included Oak Forest in 1946 and Sharpstown in 1955. Sharp also created Royden Oaks in the early 1970s.
Frank Sharp may refer to: Frank Sharp (footballer, born 1899) (1899–1963), English football forward with Birmingham and Chesterfield. Frank Sharp (footballer, born 1947), Scottish football winger with clubs including Barnsley.
Dr. Sharp's research focuses on brain injury including whole genome studies of ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, white matter hyperintensities and Alzheimer's Disease in humans and in animal disease models.
- Male
- Professor of Neurology
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2409. 1988. A semiautomated method for measuring brain infarct volume. RA Swanson, MT Morton, G Tsao-Wu, RA Savalos, C Davidson, FR Sharp. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 10 (2), 290-293. , 1990. 1946. 1990. Increased neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus after transient global ischemia in gerbils.
Frank Sharp built a lot of single-family homes in postwar Houston. As the lead developer on two major single-family subdivisions, Oak Forest (1946) and the so-humbly named Sharpstown (1956), Sharp helped propel Houston’s outward growth and shaped much of Houston’s early suburbia.
Sep 15, 2014 · Originally the vision of developer Frank Sharp, who also created Oak Forest, construction of Sharpstown began in the mid '50s and was completed in 1961. At the time, the neighborhood was...
Apr 5, 1993 · HOUSTON -- A funeral was scheduled Tuesday for Houston developer and financier Frank W. Sharp, the central figure in the Sharpstown scandal that rocked Texas in the early 1970s.
