Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Sharp, William

by Joseph Foster

Sharp, William, s. James, of Canterbury (city), arm. Christ Church, matric. 14 June, 1737, aged 18; student 1737, B.A. 1741, M.A. 7 March, 1743-4; B.D. from Hertford Coll. 1753, D.D. 1754, principal 1753-7, regius professor of Greek 1763-82, rector of East Hampstead, Berks, died 5 March, 1782. See Alumni West., 317.