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    Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was a British scholar, devout Christian, philanthropist and one of the first campaigners for the abolition...
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    testament of Granville Sharp, the husband of Matilda Lincolne Sharp. Granville Sharp was a successful banker descended from the well-known Sharp family of...
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    Granville Sharp Pattison (1791–1851) was a Scottish anatomist. Professor of Anatomy at London University, after losing two British positions, he emigrated...
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    news of the massacre to the attention of the anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp, who worked unsuccessfully to have the ship's crew prosecuted for murder...
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  • Gilbert Granville Sharp (19 February 1894 – 1 November 1968), was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister. He was the born in Mafeking, South...
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    Clarkson and a group of activists against the slave trade, including Granville Sharp, Hannah More and Charles Middleton. They persuaded Wilberforce to take...
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    house of William Sharp, a surgeon who treated poor Londoners at his house free of charge. There, he was seen by William's brother Granville. William said...
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  • Granville Maynard Sharp (5 January 1906 – 8 August 1997) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Sharp was educated at Cleckheaton Grammar...
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    wives also were part of the settlement. Granville Town (named for its benefactor and patron Granville Sharp) was established as the first town of the...
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    by twelve men; including prominent campaigners Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp, who, as Anglicans, were able to be more influential in Parliament...
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