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Born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, on 2 March 1919, the 1st son of Colin Hugh Calvert Sharp, the Headmaster of Abbotsholme School, and Helen Marjorie [Kirk] of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, he was educated at Gresham’s School, Norfolk (1933-1937) and came up to Corpus in 1938 where he achieved a 2nd in his public examination in German in 1940. However, he did not complete his degree as he enlisted: he also married Ann Elizabeth [Read] in 1942. He is commemorated on the war memorial at Gresham's School.