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Richard Sharpe may refer to: Richard Sharpe (actor) (died 1632), English actor; Richard Sharpe (scientist) (born 1947), scientist and expert in fertility and reproduction; Richard Sharpe (historian) (1954–2020), history professor at the University of Oxford; Richard Sharpe (died 1557), one of the Marian martyrs
Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of English soldier Richard Sharpe. The stories formed the basis for an ITV television series featuring Sean Bean in the title role.
At the beginning of the series, Richard Sharpe is a sergeant in the 95th Rifles serving in Portugal during the Peninsular War in 1809. When he single-handedly saves the life of General Sir Arthur Wellesley from three French cavalrymen, Wellesley gives Sharpe a battlefield commission, appointing him a lieutenant.
Richard Sharpe, FBA, FSA, FRHistS, Hon. MRIA (17 February 1954 – 22 March 2020) [1] [2] [3] was a British historian and academic, who was Professor of Diplomatic at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.
Shaver's first published work, the novella "I Remember Lemuria", was the cover story in the March 1945 Amazing Stories. Richard Sharpe Shaver (October 8, 1907 – November 5, 1975) was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories which were printed in science fiction magazines (primarily Amazing Stories).
Bernard Cornwell OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign.He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe.
Richard Sharpe first appears in Sharpe's Tiger as a private in the 33rd Regiment of Foot.He later earns the rank of Sergeant by the end of the book. He soon gains promotion to Ensign in the 74th Regiment but is then transferred to the newly formed 95th Rifles as a second lieutenant during Sharpe's Trafalgar.
Cornwell's best known books feature the adventures of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The first 11 books of the Sharpe series (beginning in chronological order with Sharpe's Rifles and ending with Sharpe's Waterloo, published in the US as Waterloo) detail Sharpe's adventures in various Peninsular War campaigns over the course of 6–7 years.