Gerald Sharp
Gerald Sharp (27 October 1865 – 30 August 1933)[ 1] was an English -born Anglican clergyman, who served as Archbishop of Brisbane from 1921 until his death in 1933.
Early life
Sharp was born at Childer Thornton ,[ 1]
Cheshire , England , the son of Thomas Blatt Sharp, a merchant, and his wife, Mary Anne, née Lillee.[ 1] Sharp was educated at Manchester Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge , with a scholarship in 1883, and graduated B.A. in 1886 with honours in classics.[ 2]
Religious life
Sharp entered Lincoln Theological College in 1888, and was ordained deacon in 1889 and priest in 1890. He was a curate of Rowbarton 1889-93 and at Hammersmith , London (1893–98), became vicar of Whitkirk , Yorkshire , in 1898, and in 1909 was proctor of convocation, Archdeaconry of Ripon . Sharp was consecrated Bishop of New Guinea on 25 April 1910.[ 1] [ 3]
He attended the Lambeth conference in 1920; in 1921 he was elected Archbishop of Brisbane in succession to Archbishop St Clair Donaldson . He was enthroned at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane , on 16 November 1921. Sharp was a missionary bishop, much interested in social work.[ 1]
He was involved in many movements for the good of his church and the state. He was a member of the University of Queensland senate from 1923 and was several times president of the Brisbane branch of the League of Nations Union . Sharp was president of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland .[ 1]
He attended the Lambeth conference in 1930 and in 1933 was acting Primate of Australia .[ 1] [ 3]
Later life
Sharp never married.[ 1] [ 3]
He died of renal failure while still in office on 30 August 1933 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery .[ 1] [ 4]
Sharp's Roman Catholic counterpart , the long-serving archbishop James Duhig , considered Sharp "the most lovable man I knew".[ 1]
References
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George P. Shaw, 'Sharp, Gerald (1865–1933) ', Australian Dictionary of Biography , Vol. 11, MUP , 1988, pp 580-581. Retrieved 19 January 2010
^ "Sharp, Gerald (SHRP883G)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ a b c Serle, Percival (1949). "Sharpe, Gerald" . Dictionary of Australian Biography . Sydney: Angus & Robertson . Retrieved 19 January 2010 .
^ Sharp, Gerald Archived 5 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search