Collection of Correspondence relating to James Sharp (1613-1679), Archbishop of St. Andrews 1653-1946

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Collection of Correspondence relating to James Sharp (1613-1679), Archbishop of St. Andrews 1653-1946

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb237-coll-488

4 volumes manuscript, 1 volume typescript, 1 part volume

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Edinburgh University Library

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Sharp, James, -1783

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Miller, A. T.

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James Sharp was born at Banff Castle on 4 May 1613. It was the intention that the young Sharp should enter the Church and so he was educated at King's College, Aberdeen, where he graduated with the degree of MA in 1637. He may have been expelled however in 1638, during continued study, for refusing to adhere to the Covenant, and he went briefly to Oxford. In 1643 he was appointed Professor of Philosophy at St. Andrews University, and in 1649 became the Minister of nearby Crail in Fife. In 1650 h...