Researching Richard Sharpe
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8827 people with the Sharpe surname? In that year Sharpe was ranked number 459 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Sharpe on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Sharpe and the Sharpe Genealogy
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Sharpe Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called Richard Sharpe
Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Richard Bowdler Sharpe (22 November 1847 – 25 December 1909) was an English zoologist and ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. In the course of his career he published several monographs on bird groups and produced a multi-volume catalogue of the specimens in the collection of the museum. He described many new species of bird and also has had species named in his honour by other ornithologists including Sharpe's longclaw (Macronyx sharpei) and Sharpe's starling (Poeoptera sharpii).
Source: Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Richard Sharpe (soccer)
Richard Sharpe (born 15 January 1967, in London, England) is an English retired soccer forward whose career in the United States included one season with Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.
Sharpe grew up in England, playing in the West Ham United and Leyton Orient youth systems. He moved to the United States in 1989 where he entered Florida Institute of Technology. Over four seasons, he established himself as the most successful forwards in NCAA Division II history. He holds the NCAA record for season points (112), career points (321), season goals (49) and career goals (137). He was a 1991, 1992 and 1993 first team All American. In 1991, Sharpe and his teammates also won the Division II national championship.
In 1994, Sharpe signed with the Cocoa Expos in the USISL. He promptly scored 33 goals in 15 games, leading the league. He also scored a hat trick at that year's All Star game. In 1995, he played only six games, but still scored 14 goals. He then trained with Rochdale A.F.C In March 1996, the Colorado Rapids selected Sharpe in the second round (nineteenth overall) of the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played seventeen games with the Rapids in 1996, scoring only two goals. On 20 January 1997, the Rapids released Sharpe. In February 1997, he signed a two-year contract with the Carolina Dynamo of the USISL A-League. He injured his knee in the Dynamo's first game of the season. He returned in June, but injured his back at the beginning of the playoffs.
Source: Richard Sharpe (soccer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRichard Sharpe (historian)
Richard Sharpe,, Hon. (17 February 1954 – 22 March 2020) was a British historian and academic, who was Professor of Diplomatic at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. His broad interests were the history of medieval England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. He had a special concern with first-hand work on the primary sources of medieval history, including the practices of palaeography, diplomatic and the editorial process, as well as the historical and legal contexts of medieval documents. He was the general editor of the Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, and editor of a forthcoming edition of the charters of King Henry I of England.
Source: Richard Sharpe (historian), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sharpe
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