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Granville Sharp was the son of Judith Wheler (d. 1757) and Thomas Sharp (1693–1759), Archdeacon of Northumberland, prolific theological writer and biographer of his father, John Sharp, Archbishop of York.
Granville Sharp Pattison by John Sartain, c. 1832 Granville Sharp Pattison (1791–1851) was a Scottish anatomist. Professor of Anatomy at London University , after losing two British positions, he emigrated permanently to the United States to be a professor at New York University .
Granville Sharp campaigned to raise awareness of the massacre, writing letters to newspapers, the Lords Commissioners of Admiralty and the Prime Minister (the Duke of Portland). [76] [77] Neither Portland nor the Admiralty sent him a reply. [77] Only one London newspaper reported the first Zong trial in March 1783 but it provided details of ...
Granville Maynard Sharp (5 January 1906 – 8 August 1997) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Sharp was educated at Cleckheaton Grammar School, Ashville College in Harrogate, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read economics. He became joint owner of his father's outfitters, and from 1928 until 1934 also served as a ...
The lyrics and melody were written down by Granville Sharp (referred to as "G. S." in the manuscript) in Great Britain. Sharp was a prominent slavery abolitionist and also a musician. [3] His source was William Dickson, who lived in Barbados for about 13 years from 1772 and was secretary to the governor there.
Matilda International Hospital is a private hospital located at 41 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.The hospital was built as a result of the last will and testament of Granville Sharp, the husband of Matilda Lincolne Sharp. Granville Sharp was a successful banker descended from the well-known Sharp family of Romsey ...
Bryn Du Mansion is excited to announce a major event in its newly revived Life Local series, bringing New York Times Best Selling Author James Clear to the historic estate for an inspiring evening.
The Sharp Family is a group portrait painting by the German-British artist Johann Zoffany. [1] Painted between 1779 and 1781, it portrays the English abolitionist and musician Granville Sharp and his extended family. [2] The Sharp family are depicted on their barge on the River Thames, where they routinely staged