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SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 811 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHARP, See also:JOHN (1645-1714) , See also:English divine, See also:archbishop of See also:York, was See also:born at See also:Bradford on the 16th of See also:February 1645, and was educated at See also:Christ's See also:College, See also:Cambridge. He was ordained See also:deacon and See also:priest on See also:August 12th 1667, and until 1676 was See also:chaplain and See also:tutor in the See also:family of See also:Sir Heneage See also:Finch at See also:Kensington See also:House. Meanwhile he became See also:archdeacon of Berk-See also:shire (1673), See also:prebendary of See also:Norwich, See also:rector of St See also:Giles's-in-the-See also:Fields, and in 1681 See also:dean of Norwich. In 1686, when chaplain to See also:James II., he was suspended for ten months on a See also:charge of having made some reflections on the See also:king, and in 1688 was cited for refusing to read the See also:declaration of See also:indulgence. Under See also:William and See also:Mary he succeeded See also:Tillotson as dean of See also:Canterbury in 1689, and (after declining a choice of See also:sees vacated by non-jurors who were his See also:personal See also:friends) followed See also:Thomas Lamplugh as archbishop of York in 1691. He made a thorough investigation of the affairs of his see, and regulated the disordered See also:chapter of See also:Southwell. He preached at the See also:coronation of See also:Queen See also:Anne and became her See also:almoner and confidential adviser in matters of See also:church and See also:state. He welcomed the Armenian bishops who came to See also:England in 17137. and corresponded with the Prussian See also:court on the possibility of the See also:Anglican See also:liturgy as a means of reconciliation between See also:Lutherans and Calvinists. He died at See also:Bath on the and of February 1714. His See also:works (chiefly sermons) were published in 7 volumes in 1754, and in 5 volumes at See also:Oxford in 1829.

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