Social Victorians/People/William Sharp
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Also Known As edit
- Pseudonym: Fiona McLeod (1893–1905)
- Golden Dawn motto:
Demographics edit
- Nationality: Irish
Family edit
- William Sharp (12 September 1855 – 12 December 1905)
- Elizabeth Sharp ()
Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit
Friends edit
- Noel Patton
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Hall Caine
- Philip Bourke Marston
- Algernon Swinburne
- W. B. Yeats
Organizations edit
- Denisoff, citing Blamires, says Sharp was a member of the Golden Dawn.
- Sharp appears to have been a participant in Yeats's Celtic Mysteries / Celtic Explorations from 1897, which were not limited to Golden Dawn members.
Timeline edit
1878, William Sharp moved to London.
1884, William Sharp and Elizabeth Sharp married.
1897 on, Sharp took part in W. B. Yeats's Celtic Mysteries / Celtic Explorations (Harper 74 164, n. 19).
1898 December 13 through 1899 February 8, Yeats et al. were in Sligo for the Celtic Explorations (Harper 74). Was Sharp there?
Questions and Notes edit
- Where were the explorations mentioned in Harper for 1897 held?
- Was Sharp in Sligo 13 December 1898 through 8 February 1899?
Bibliography edit
- Denisoff, Dennis. "The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 1888-1901." BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Web. http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=dennis-denisoff-the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-1888-1901 [accessed July 2020].
- (Harper 1974
- "William Sharp (writer)." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sharp_(writer) (accessed July 2020).