About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Boston Corbett, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Richard Sharp, James Wilson, Timothy Swan, Almaron Dickinson, John Batterson Stetson, Samuel Mauger, Hatter's Castle, Rose Bertin, Henry Lee Morey, James Irvine, Aras Baskauskas, Richard Hotham, Thomas Henshaw, Karl Philipp Moritz, Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench, Thomas Tryon, Jacob Hutter, Hatmaking, Haberdasher, David Levi, John Cavanagh, Joshua Van Sant, Heinrich Hossli, John A. Gurley, James P. Maher, Jasper Ewing Brady, Nikolaos Skoufas, Wilson Reilly, Wyoming Mills, Joseph Bailey, Thomas Birch Florence, Michael Carver Trout, Jorg Wilhalm, Benjamin Abbott. Excerpt: Richard Sharp, FRS, FSA (born Newfoundland 1759; died Dorchester, 30 March 1835), also known as "Conversation" Sharp, was a hat-maker, banker, merchant, poet, critic, British politician, but above all - doyen of the conversationalists. Sharp's father, also Richard Sharp, came from a well-known family of merchants in Romsey England, and in 1756 he joined the British army as a nineteen year old Ensign in His Majesty's 40th Regiment of Foot - a regiment which would later became known as the "illustrious 40th" after distinguishing itself during the Seven Year's War against the French in North America (1756-1763). While garrisoned at St. John's in Newfoundland, Ensign Richard Sharp met and fell in love with Elizabeth Adams, a citizen of St John's, and they were married in 1759. Richard and Elizabeth's first son was soon born and, though naming him 'Richard', they can have had little idea that when he grew up he would become variously known throughout London society as 'Hatter Sharp', 'Furrier Sharp', 'Copenhagen Sharp' (after a famous speech that he gave as an MP castigating the British bombardment of Copenhagen) or, most famously of all, as 'Conversation Sharp' Long before this time, and while the Lieutenant was still in...
