Sharp, Ralph Norman, 1896-1995

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Sharp, Ralph Norman, 1896-1995

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        Dates of existence

        1896-1995

        History

        Sharp, Ralph Norman, son of John Ernest Emilius Steigenberger Sharp ISO, Sen. Clerk Public Record Office, of Shanklin, I. of Wight, and Mary Elizabeth, d. of Charles Heudebourck Ballance of Hampstead; b. 23 June 1896; adm. Sept. 1910 (H); left July 1914; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1914, BA 1921, MA 1924; YMCA in WWI; Ridley Hall Camb. 1921, ord. dea­con 1922, priest 1923 (Southwark); Curate Christ Church Gipsy Hill 1922-4; CMS missionary Yezd, Iran, 1924, Shiraz 1937; examining chaplain to the Bishop in Iran 1935; lecturer in Ancient Persian and Pahlavi and asst Prof. Shiraz Univ. 1960-7; tutor in Persian Wellington Coll. 1969-74; author of The Inscriptions in Old Persian cuneiform of the Achaemenian Emperors, with translations into modern Persian, English and French; m. 22 Nov. 1930 Gertrude Barbara George Carden MD, d. of Thomas Frederick Carden of Radlett, Herts.; d. 11 Sept. 1995.

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        GB-2014-WSA-15515

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992

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