Social Victorians/People/William Sharp

Also Known As

• Pseudonym: Fiona McLeod (1893–1905)
• Golden Dawn motto:

Demographics

• Nationality: Irish

Family

• William Sharp (12 September 1855 – 12 December 1905)
• Elizabeth Sharp ()

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

Friends

• Noel Patton
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• Hall Caine
• Philip Bourke Marston
• Algernon Swinburne
• W. B. Yeats

Organizations

• 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

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

1. Where were the explorations mentioned in Harper for 1897 held?
2. Was Sharp in Sligo 13 December 1898 through 8 February 1899?

Bibliography

• 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).