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. Sharp never married.[1][2] He died of renal failure while still in office on 30 August 1933 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[1][3] Sharp’s Roman Catholic counterpart, the long-serving archbishop James Duhig, considered Sharp “the most lovable man I knew”.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d George P. Shaw, ‘Sharp, Gerald (1865–1933)‘, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 11, MUP, 1988, pp 580-581. Retrieved 19 January 2010
- ^ 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
