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Note: Laurence went to the Boston Latin School where he graduated in 1899. He then went to Harvard University where he received his B.A. in 1903 (Phi Beta Kappa key 1902). He then went on to the Boston University School of Medicine and graduated in 1908.
Laurence and Helen moved to Melbourne, Australia so that Laurence could pursue further studies in homeopathic medicine. Laurence, Helen, their sons Austin and Stuart, then went to the island of Nauru, he as the company doctor for the Pacific Phosphate Mining Company. Helen was his nurse.
In 1922, Laurence helped control an outbreak of leprosy on Nauru by traveling to other areas which had the disease, observing the methods of treatment and, using a variety of treatments, limited the spread of the disease. By 1925 Laurence had set up a new and fully equipped hospital on Nauru. Dr. Clapp was looked upon with respect and devotion by the Chinese and Gilbertese laborers as well as the Europeans on Nauru and nearby islands.
Laurence's untimely death in 1928 was a combination of diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis.
(Information: Letter from H. Prentice Bralsford of Raratonga, Cook Islands, to Augustus Richards, Esq of New York, dated 18 August, 1929 and another letter to Dr. Clapp's mother-in-law dated 15 March,1929.)
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