Matilda Sharpe
Matilda Sharpe was a British teacher, educational reformer and painter. In Highgate, north London, she founded Channing House School and a Unitarian Chapel in Despard Road. She was the daughter of Samuel Sharpe.
Sharpe was a talented painter and several of her portraits are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.Selected publications
- Old favourites from the elder poets, with a few newer friends. A selection by M. Sharpe. Williams and Norgate, London, 1881. Second revised edition, Methuen, 1912. An anthology of nine women poets, particularly Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
- Never forget: A collection of precepts. Griffith & Farran, London, 1890.
- The journey to paradise, or, flight of the soul to its maker. A heavenly day dream set down by Matilda Sharpe. Christian Life Office, London, 1899.
