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Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was an English scholar, ... Catherine his wife, daughter of Thomas Barwick, Granville Sharp, his brother ...
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 .
Originally from the UK, Granville Sharp and his wife Matilda moved to Hong Kong, after becoming newlywed in India, making landfall in the Territory on Christmas Day – a time of giving – in 1858. Theirs is an incredible story of fortitude in the face of shipwreck and piracy in the South China seas, grit and determination in the disease ...
William Sharp (1729 – 17 March 1810) was an English physician reported to have acted as surgeon to King George III. [1] With his brother Granville Sharp, he was an active supporter of the early campaign against slavery in Britain.
Viewing Strong as his property, Lisle sold him to a Jamaican slave trader, James Kerr, and had him kidnapped and placed in a city jail. Strong got a message to Granville Sharp, who immediately took the legality of his detention up with the Lord Mayor of London [1] who in turn convened those laying claim to Strong. In court, Kerr's attorney ...
William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, and became an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire (1784–1812).
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
The society was established by twelve men; including individuals who later became prominent campaigners, such as Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp. As Anglicans they were able to be more influential in Parliament than the more numerous Quaker founding members - given Non-conformists were not allowed to hold positions of power.