John William Whittaker
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John William Whittaker was an English Anglican clergyman. He was born in Manchester to William and Sarah Whittaker, and studied at Bradford Grammar School before going to St John's College, Cambridge.
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Edmund Sharpe
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Edmund Sharpe was an English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer and sanitary reformer. Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, he was educated first by his parents and then at schools locally a
John William Whittaker
…became involved in local politics. One of the churches instigated by Whittaker was Holy Trinity Church, a Commissioners' church designed by his cousin, Edmund Sharpe, who was then at an early stage in his architectural career. It was the largest of the 40 churches that Sharpe designed, and the only one to have…
Sharpe, c. 1860
William Whewell, Professor of Mineralogy when Sharpe was studying at Cambridge
St Mark's Church, Witton, one of Sharpe's earliest churches
St Michael's Church, Kirkham showing Sharpe's steeple