Matilda Sharpe

Matilda Sharpe (4 April 1830 – 30 April 1916)[1] was a British teacher, educational reformer and painter. In Highgate, north London, she founded Channing House School[2] (after Robert Spears' idea) and a Unitarian Chapel in Despard Road. She was the daughter of Samuel Sharpe.

Matilda's portrait of her father, Samuel.

Sharpe was a talented painter and several of her portraits are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.[3]

Selected publications

Old favourites from the elder poets, with a few newer friends. A selection by M. Sharpe. Williams and Norgate, London, 1881. Second revised edition, Methuen, 1912. An anthology of nine women poets, particularly Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
Never forget: A collection of precepts. Griffith & Farran, London, 1890.
The journey to paradise, or, flight of the soul to its maker. A heavenly day dream set down by Matilda Sharpe. Christian Life Office, London, 1899.

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References

"Sharpe, Matilda (1830–1916)" by Ruth Watts in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
Memorials of Robert Spears 1825-99. Belfast: Ulster Unitarian Christian Association, p. 35.
Matilda Sharpe (1830-1915) National Portrait Gallery, 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

Matilda Sharpe

Selected publications

References

Further reading