Surname: Sharp Forename(s): Isaac b. 4 July 1806. d. 21 March 1897. Nationality: English.
Poet and missionary. Born in Brighton, Sussex. Worked in the coal-mining, ship-building,
and iron works industries in Middlesbrough. Married Hannah Procter in February 1839.
Went on extensive missionary trips to all continents with the Society of Friends (1846-1895).
Met John Greenleaf Whittier while travelling through the United States. Author of
Saul of Tarsus, and Other Poems (1888). Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)