Sharp/[Shairp], John Campbell ♂

Education

M.A. ad eundem 14.1.1860.

Assistant in Latin, St Andrews University 1857-1861.

Professor of Humanity, St Andrews University 19.7.1861 - 26.8.1871.

Principal of United College, St Andrews 14.12.1868 - 18.9.1885.

Birth/childhood

Born 30.7.1819 son of Major Norman Shairp, younger of Houston and Elizabeth Binning Campbell. [Soldier]

Career

Studied at Glasgow University and Oxford University - M.A.

Assistant master Rugby School 1846-1856. Assistant in Greek, Glasgow University 1856-1857. Professor of Poetry, Oxford University 1877 - death [1877-18.9.1885]. [Teacher, university professor]

Assistant in Latin, St Andrews University 1857-1861.

Professor of Humanity, St Andrews University 19.7.1861 - 26.8.1871.

Principal of United College, St Andrews 14.12.1868 - 18.9.1885.

LL.D. Glasgow 1868. LL.D. Edinburgh 1884.

Publications

Death

Died at Ormsary 18.9.1885 (Buried in Shairp aisle at Uphall, wife buried at Weem).

Sources

• DNB
• F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)
• W. Knight, Life