Surname: Sharpe Forename(s): Charles Kirkpatrick b. 15 May 1781. d. 17 March 1851. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Antiquary, collector, editor, poet, painter, and illustrator. Born at Hoddam, near
Dumfries. Attended University of Edinburgh (without graduating), then the University
of Oxford. His father knew Robert Burns, and Sharpe was friends with Walter Scott.
Author of Metrical Legends and Other Poems (1807), A Ballad Book (1823), Surgundo, or, The Valiant Christian (1837). Biographical information: ODNB. (KH, AC)