James Sharp, archbishop of St Andrews

(1618-1679)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sharp, James, 1613-1679 NRA: Sharp James (1613-1679) Archbishop of St Andrews DNB: Sharp, James (1618-1679), archbishop of St Andrews LBT ID: JaSharp1679 VIAF ID: 55554073 LOC ID: n84133413	B/BAP: 1618-05-04 DIED: 1679-05-03
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Professor of Philosophy at St. Andrews; after his conversion to episcopacy he was made archbishop in 1661. He was murdered by Covenenters on Magus Moor.
REFERENCES TO James Sharp, archbishop of St Andrews: Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleugh, 15 April 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Sir Walter Scott to Daniel Terry, 9 January 1823 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I 1816 Found 1: ¶ 29 Chapter VIII 1819 Chapter IX 1822-23 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 1: 1794-1808 Found 1: ¶ 19 Chapter 8: 1819-20 Found 1: ¶ 9