| LC control no. | n 82045225 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sharpe, Alfred, 1853-1935 |
| Variant(s) | Sharpe, Alfred, Sir, 1853-1935 |
| Located | British Central Africa Protectorate Nyasaland |
| Birth date | 18530519 |
| Death date | 19351210 |
| Place of birth | Lancaster (England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Colonies--Administration |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Lawyers Colonial administrators |
| Found in | His The backbone of Africa, 1921. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, 1907-1908: page 56 (Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.C.M.G., C.B.) Wikipedia, viewed December 9, 2013 (Sir Alfred Sharpe (K.C.M.G., C.B.) was H.M. Commissioner and Consul-General for the British Central Africa Protectorate and first governor of Nyasaland. He was born 19 May 1853 in Lancaster and died in London on 10 December 1935. He trained as a solicitor but was in turn a planter and a professional hunter before becoming a British colonial administrator. He was Commissioner (a de facto Governor) of the British Central Africa Protectorate from 1896 until 1907 and Governor of Nyasaland after the protectorate changed its name to Nyasaland in 1907 until his retirement in 1910.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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