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Authorised form of nameSharp; William (1805 - 1896)
Dates1805 - 1896
NationalityBritish
Place of birthArmley, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth21 January 1805
Place of deathDied while on a visit to Llandudno, Gwynedd
Date of death10 April 1896
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
In the graveyard of Llanrhos, Gwynedd
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityCareer:
Senior Surgeon, Bradford Infirmary ( by 1840)
Memberships:
FGS; Bradford Philosophical Society (President)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/05/1840
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Part of Citation deliberately obscured
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/6771122
CodeNA2932
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1840/17Sharp, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/004124Sharp, Williamnd
MC/4/66Letter from William Sharp, Humber Bank House, Hull, to the Royal Society9 April 1845
NLB/6/267Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Sharp, Fellow of the Royal Society2 April 1892
NLB/2/1012Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr William Sharp, Fellow of the Royal Society29 January 1889
NLB/5/142Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Sharp, [Fellow of the Royal Society]2 April 1891
NLB/10/1031Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Sharp, Fellow of the Royal Society, Horton House, Rugby27 March 1895
NLB/12/699Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons14 April 1896
NLB/12/706Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Rev John Sharp, Horton House, Rugby15 April 1896
MC/4/70Letter from William Sharp, Humber Bank House, Hull, to Dr Peter Mark Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]28 April 1845
MS/426/12Copy letter from Lord Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] President of the Royal Society; to William Sharp, Esq, Bradford[February - April] 1841
RR/1/220Referee's report by Thomas Graham, on a paper 'On the ashes of wheat' by William Sharp5 June 1845
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
AP/27/23Unpublished paper, 'On the ashes of wheat' by William Sharp9 April 1845
MC/12/32Letter from William Sharp, Horton House, to the Royal Society2 April 1880
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
HS/17/203Letter, from William Sharp to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rugby11 October 1849
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