High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter Benona Sharp (12 December 1870 - 28 November 1912) was an American oil drilling pioneer, innovator and philanthropist.Born in Tipton County, Tennessee, Sharp's mother died when he was eight and his father moved the family to Texas. By the age of twenty Sharp was operating a water well drilling company with his brother. Sharp began drilling oil wells in 1893, although his first attempt was unsuccessful due to quicksand. Later innovations by Sharp would allow drilling through these conditions in 1901. Sharp also developed the Sharp-Hughes Rock Bit to drill through hard rock.

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