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.
Several of Clapp's inventions became the basis of General Radio products.
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