Person Sharp; David (1840 - 1922); entomologist Sharp David entomologist 1840 - 1922 British Male Towcester, Northamptonshire, England 15 August 1840 18400815 Brockenhurst, New Forest, England 27 August 1922 19220827 Burial: Brockenhurst parish churchyard, New Forest, England (31 August 1922)

Shirley Warren, Southampton (1887); Lawnside, Brockenhurst

Entomologist and physician Medicine Entomology Education: Preparatory schools; St John's foundation school, Kilburn, London; Edinburgh; St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. MB; CM (1866, Edinburgh); MA (Cambridge) Career: Embarked upon medical studies at (1862-1866); built up a collection of 2000 named British species of Coleoptera; returned to London, from studies in Edinburgh, working under the Sharp family doctor and taking up the secretaryship of the Entomological Society (1867); returned to Scotland as medical officer in the Crichton Asylum, Dumfries (1867); unsuccessfully bid to become curator of the City of Glasgow Industrial Museum (1876); moved to Wilmington, Kent (1888); became active in London’s scientific circles, becoming recorder of insects for the Zoological Record (1884-1885); curator of the MacAndrew collection at the Cambridge University Museum (1890); editor of the Zoological Records (1891); retired to Brockenhurst, in the New Forest (1909). Memberships: FLS; FZS; Entomological Society (President 1887–8; VP 1889, 1891–2, 1896, and 1902–3) Parents: William Sharp, currier, and his wife, Sarah Pepler. Spouse: Jessie Murdoch, daughter of James Murdoch, coachman, and Isabella Pagan, (1 February 1876). Children: Five daughters and two sons. Distinguished as an Entomologist, especially for his knowledge of the order Coleoptera, which he studied with referenceto their structure, classification, geographical distribution, etc. Fellow 05/06/1890 50 Alfred Newton; Raphael Meldola; James Crichton Browne; Edward Bagnall Poulton George John Romanes; Harry Govier Seeley; John Bull; Frederick Du Cane Godman; Osbert Salvin; William Henry Flower; Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Gunther; Henry Walter Bates; Philip Lutley Sclater; Henry Tibbats Stainton; Robert McLachlan Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1923-1924 vol 95 pp xxxvi-xliii signed by R C L P International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RCN R63339 15 Aug 1840 - 27 Aug 1922 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 24/07/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6650 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 5fe7b68f-ae60-419d-a98f-795cb9053b92