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Sharpe Characters
Sharpe may refer to: * Sharpe (surname), people with the surname Sharpe * Sharpe, Kansas, a community in the United States * Sharpe, Kentucky, a community in the United States * Sharpe James, American politician, New Jersey * ''Sharpe'' (novel series), series of historical novels written by Bernard Cornwell ** Richard Sharpe (fictional character), the title character of the ''Sharpe'' series by Bernard Cornwell ** ''Sharpe'' (TV series), the television series based on Cornwell's books * Sharpe ratio, financial statistic describing portfolio returns * Lake Sharpe, created by the construction of Big Bend Dam in South Dakota * Sharpe Field, a private airport in Alabama, United States * ''R. v. Sharpe'', Canadian legal proceedings See also * Sharp (other) * Sharpie (other) * Sharps (other) * Justice Sharpe (other) Justice Sharpe may refer to: * Edward M. Sharpe (1887–1975), associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court * Henry A. Sharpe (1848� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe (surname)
Sharpe is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Government * Alfred Sharpe (1853–1935), British colonial administrator * Edward M. Sharpe (1887–1975), Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court * George Sharpe (politician) (c. 1907 – 1985), Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg * George H. Sharpe (1828–1900), American lawyer, soldier, secret service officer, diplomat and politician * Henry A. Sharpe (1848–1919), Associate Justice of the List of justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama, Alabama Supreme Court * Horatio Sharpe (1718–1790), British Royal Governor of Maryland * James Sharpe (Australian politician) * Larry Sharpe (politician) (born 1968), American business consultant and political activist * Merrell Q. Sharpe, American politician * Montagu Sharpe (1857–1942), English lawyer and antiquarian * Nelson Sharpe (1858–1935), Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court * Penny Sharpe, Australian politician * Peter Sharpe (1777–1842), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe, Kansas
Sharpe is an unincorporated community in Coffey County, Kansas Coffey County is a county located in Eastern Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Burlington. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 8,360. It was named after A.M. Coffey, a territorial legislator and Free-Stater d ..., United States. It is located at the intersection of 18th Rd NE and Oxen Rd NE. History A post office was opened in Sharpe in 1890, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1918. Education The community is served by Burlington USD 244 public school district. References Further reading External links * Coffey County mapsCurrent KDOT Unincorporated communities in Coffey County, Kans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe, Kentucky
Sharpe is an unincorporated community in northwest Marshall County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ..., United States. The community is on US Route 68 approximately 12 miles southeast of Paducah. Thomas Rickman (1940–2018), American screenwriter, was born in Sharpe.The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick Shanley, September 5, 2018 Notes Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{MarshallCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe James
Sharpe James (February 20, 1936 – May 11, 2025) was an American politician from New Jersey. A Democrat, he served as the 37th mayor of Newark from 1986 to 2006 and as a state senator for the 29th legislative district from 1999 to 2008. He was the longest-serving mayor in Newark's history and is a subject of the 2005 feature-film '' Street Fight'', which depicts Newark's 2002 mayoral election in which James faced a closer-than-expected challenge from Cory Booker. Once a popular figure in New Jersey politics, his career effectively ended after he was convicted of high-profile corruption charges in 2008. Early life and education James was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on February 20, 1936, the son of Louis and Beulah (née Sharpe) James. His father died before he was born, and his mother re-married and moved to Newark in 1940, where James grew up. He graduated from South Side High School (since renamed as Malcolm X Shabazz High School), earned a B.A. in education from M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe (novel Series)
''Sharpe'' is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of English soldier Richard Sharpe. The stories formed the basis for Sharpe (TV series), an ITV television series featuring Sean Bean in the title role. Cornwell's series is composed of many novels and several short stories, and charts Sharpe's progress in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, though the novels were published in non-chronological order. He begins in ''Sharpe's Tiger'' as a private (rank), private in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 33rd Regiment of Foot who is continually promoted, finally rising to lieutenant colonel in ''Sharpe's Waterloo''. His military career ends with the final defeat of Napoleon, but he has more adventures as a civilian. Sharpe is born to a prostitute in the Rookery (slum), rookeries of London. Orphaned at an early age, he grows up in poverty. He is eventually taken in by prostitute (and later bar owner) Maggie Joyce and becomes a thie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sharpe (fictional Character)
Richard Sharpe may refer to: * Richard Sharpe (actor) (died 1632), English actor * Richard Sharpe (scientist) (born 1947), scientist and expert in fertility and reproduction * Richard Sharpe (historian) (1954–2020), history professor at the University of Oxford * Richard Sharpe (died 1557), one of the Marian martyrs * Richard Sharpe (soccer) (born 1967), English football (soccer) player * Richard Bowdler Sharpe Richard Bowdler Sharpe (22 November 1847 – 25 December 1909) was an English people, English zoologist and ornithology, ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. In the course of his car ... (1847–1909), English zoologist * Richard Sharpe (MP), Member of Parliament for Grantham in 1554 * Richard Sharpe, British ice dancer in the 2008 British Figure Skating Championships * Richard Sharpe (fictional character), the main character in the ''Sharpe'' novel series and TV series/movies See also * Richard Sharp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe (TV Series)
''Sharpe'' is a British television drama series starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe (fictional character), Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, with Irish actor Daragh O'Malley playing his second in command, Patrick Harper (Sharpe), Patrick Harper. Sharpe and Harper are the heroes of Sharpe (novel series), the ''Sharpe'' series of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV (TV network), ITV network, the series was filmed mainly in Crimea, with recordings of other episodes in Turkey, England, Portugal and Spain. The two final episodes were filmed in Jaipur, India. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. It consisted of fourteen episodes, each with a running time of around 100 minutes. In 2006, ITV (TV network), ITV premiered ''Sharpe's Challenge'', a two-part adventure loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe Ratio
In finance, the Sharpe ratio (also known as the Sharpe index, the Sharpe measure, and the reward-to-variability ratio) measures the performance of an investment such as a security or portfolio compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. It is defined as the difference between the returns of the investment and the risk-free return, divided by the standard deviation of the investment returns. It represents the additional amount of return that an investor receives per unit of increase in risk. It was named after William F. Sharpe, who developed it in 1966. Definition Since its revision by the original author, William Sharpe, in 1994, the '' ex-ante'' Sharpe ratio is defined as: : S_a = \frac = \frac, where R_a is the asset return, R_b is the risk-free return (such as a U.S. Treasury security). E _a-R_b/math> is the expected value of the excess of the asset return over the benchmark return, and is the standard deviation of the asset excess return. The t-sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bend Dam
Big Bend Dam is a major embankment rolled-earth dam on the Missouri River in Central South Dakota, United States, creating Lake Sharpe. The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri watershed development authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. Construction began in 1959 and the embankment was completed in July 1963. Power generation began at the facility in 1964 and the entire complex was completed in 1966 at a total cost of $107 million. The hydroelectric plant generates 493,300 kilowatts of electricity at maximum capacity, with an annual production of 969 million kilowatt hours, and meets peak-hour demand for power within the Missouri River Basin. Located near Fort Thompson, South Dakota, just south of the Big Bend of the Missouri River, a large meander, Big Bend Dam creates Lake Sharpe, named after South Dakota Governor Merrill Q. Sharpe. The lake extends for up the course of the Missouri River passing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe Field
Sharpe Field is a closed private-use airport located northwest of the central business district of Tuskegee, a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. This airport is privately owned by the Bradbury Family Partnership. Formerly known as Tuskegee Army Airfield, Sharpe Field was used to train the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. It provided advanced training for the graduates of nearby Moton Field. Most of the history of the Tuskegee Airmen was made at this site. History World War II The airfield was designed by the African American architect Hilyard Robinson and built in 1941. Construction began on July 12, 1941. Training flights began in November of the same year, even though construction was nowhere near completion. A graded (but not yet paved) portion of the north–south runway was used to conduct initial flight training. On 23 July 1941 the Air Corps established an Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Tuskegee; it was activated two weeks later, on 6 Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharp (other)
Sharp or SHARP may refer to: Acronyms * SHARP (helmet ratings) (Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme), a British motorcycle helmet safety rating scheme * Self Help Addiction Recovery Program, a charitable organisation founded in 1991 by Barbara Bach and Pattie Boyd * Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention, a US Army program dealing with sexual harassment * Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, an anti-racist Trojan skinhead organization formed to combat White power skinheads * Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing * Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform, a 1980s beamed-power aircraft * Super High Altitude Research Project, a 1990s project to develop a high-velocity gun * SIGINT High Altitude Replenishment Program (SHARP) Companies * I. P. Sharp Associates, a former Canadian computer services company * Sharp Airlines, an Australian regional airline * Sharp Corporation, a Japanese electronics manufacturer ** Sharp Solar, a manufacturer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpie (other)
Sharpie, Sharpy or Sharpey may refer to: Boats * Sharpie (boat), a type of long, narrow sailboat * 12 m2 Sharpie, a small, vintage, former Olympic sailboat People * Sharpie, a member of Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice * Sharpies (Australian subculture), members of certain Australian youth gangs in the 1960s and 1970s * William Sharpey (1802–1880), Scottish anatomist and physiologist called the "father of British physiology" * Thomas J. Sharpy, United States Air Force lieutenant general, commander of the Eighteenth Air Force in 2015 * Sharpy or Sharpie, nickname of Patrick Sharp (born 1981), Canadian retired ice hockey player * Sharpy, nickname of Will Sharp (born 1986), Nigerian rugby league footballer Other uses * Sharpie (marker), a brand of markers, particularly permanent markers * Sharp-shinned hawk, a bird sometimes referred to as a "sharpie" * Sharpy, a character in '' The Bluffers'', a Dutch children's cartoon series * Sharpie, a nickname for steam locomotives man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
