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Sharp (WILLIAM a British critic)

WILLIAM, a British critic and man of letters; born in Renfrewshire, Scotland, Sept. 12, 1856; was educated at Glasgow University. He traveled extensively, and contributed to leading publications throughout the world. His works include "Humanity and Man," a "The Conqueror's Dream, and Other Poems"; "Dante Gabriel Rossetti" a biography; "Shakespeare's Songs, Poems and Sonnets"; "Sonnets of this Century"; "Shelley," a biography; "Romantic Ballads"; "Lyrical Poems" (1899); in fiction, "Children of Tomorrow," etc. He also wrote under the name of FIONA MACLEOD, (q. v.). He died Dec. 14, 1905.