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Authorised form of nameSharpe; Daniel (1806 - 1856)
Dates1806 - 1856
NationalityBritish
Place of birthNottingham Place, Marylebone, London, England
Date of birth06 April 1806
Place of deathAt his lodgings in Soho Square, London
Date of death31 May 1856
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
St John's parish churchyard, Hampstead, London
ActivityCareer:
Merchant; thrown from his horse while riding near Norwood and died of a fractured skull.
Memberships:
FGS; FLS; FZS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/06/1850
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1856-1857 vol 8 pp 275-279
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/122286921
CodeNA2629
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1850/19Sharpe, Daniel: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/45/1/3Plate, perpendicular fissure in cliff near Cascaes [Cascais], Portugal by Daniel Sharpe[1851]
PT/45/1/2Plate, outline of earth in arches of foliation by Daniel Sharpe[1851]
PT/45/1Paper, 'On the arrangement of the foliation and cleavage of the rocks of the north of Scotland' by Daniel Sharpe[1851]
PT/45/1/1Manuscript, 'On the arrangement of the foliation and cleavage of the rocks of the north of Scotland' by Daniel Sharpe[1851]
RR/2/225Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, on a paper 'On the arrangement of the foliation and cleavage of the rocks of the north of Scotland' by Daniel Sharpe16 March 1852
RR/2/224Referee's report by Adam Sedgwick, on a paper 'On the arrangement of the foliation and cleavage of the rocks of the north of Scotland' by Daniel Sharpe4 March 1852
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