Granville Sharp

E69295

Anglican abolitionist human scholar

Granville Sharp was an 18th-century English scholar and pioneering abolitionist who played a leading role in the early legal and political battles against slavery in Britain.

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Label	Occurrences
Granville Sharp canonical	20
Granville Sharp (abolitionist supporter, non-lawyer activist)	1
Granville Sharp’s rule	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T547798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Granville Sharp
Context triple: [Slave Trade Act 1807, keySupporter, Granville Sharp]

A. Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson was a leading British abolitionist whose tireless research, activism, and organizing were crucial to ending the transatlantic slave trade.
B. William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and leading figure in the movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the British Empire.
C. Thomas Fowell Buxton
Thomas Fowell Buxton was a British politician, social reformer, and leading abolitionist who played a central role in the campaign to end slavery throughout the British Empire.
D. Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
E. Samuel Mather
Samuel Mather was a 17th-century New England Puritan minister and writer, known as a member of the influential Mather family of colonial Boston.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Granville Sharp
Target entity description: Granville Sharp was an 18th-century English scholar and pioneering abolitionist who played a leading role in the early legal and political battles against slavery in Britain.

A. Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson was a leading British abolitionist whose tireless research, activism, and organizing were crucial to ending the transatlantic slave trade.
B. William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and leading figure in the movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the British Empire.
C. Thomas Fowell Buxton
Thomas Fowell Buxton was a British politician, social reformer, and leading abolitionist who played a central role in the campaign to end slavery throughout the British Empire.
D. Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
E. Samuel Mather
Samuel Mather was a 17th-century New England Puritan minister and writer, known as a member of the influential Mather family of colonial Boston.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican ⓘ abolitionist ⓘ human ⓘ scholar ⓘ
advocatedFor	abolition of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ legal rights of enslaved Africans in Britain ⓘ
burialPlace	All Saints Church, Fulham ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
coFounded	Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1735-11-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1813-07-06 ⓘ
educatedAt	Durham School ⓘ
employer	Ordnance Office ⓘ linked to: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Sharp ⓘ
father	Thomas Sharp ⓘ
fullName	Granville Sharp ⓘ
givenName	Granville ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	founding father of British abolitionism ⓘ
influenced	British abolitionist movement ⓘ Thomas Clarkson ⓘ William Wilberforce ⓘ
knownFor	formulating the “Granville Sharp rule” in Greek grammar ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
mother	Judith Wheler ⓘ
movement	abolitionism ⓘ
notableFor	campaigning against the slave trade ⓘ early legal challenges to slavery in Britain ⓘ founding role in the Sierra Leone colony for freed slaves ⓘ role in the Somerset v Stewart case ⓘ
notableWork	A Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery in England ⓘ linked to: Sharp’s case against slavery in England Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament ⓘ Sharp’s case against slavery in England ⓘ
occupation	abolitionist ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ civil servant ⓘ scholar ⓘ
participantIn	Somerset v Stewart ⓘ Zong massacre legal proceedings ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Durham, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Fulham, London, England ⓘ linked to: Fulham, London
positionHeld	clerk in the Ordnance Office ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ linked to: Anglicanism (broadly)
residence	Fulham, London ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	William Sharp ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slave Trade Act 1807 → keySupporter → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Sharp → hasNotableBearer → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Clapham Sect → hasMember → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade → foundedBy → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade → hasMember → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Thomas Clarkson → workedWith → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Granville Sharp → fullName → Granville Sharp ⓘ

British abolitionist movement → hasKeyFigure → Granville Sharp ⓘ

the Saints → hasMember → Granville Sharp ⓘ

The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament → relatedTo → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Sharp’s case against slavery in England → author → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Sharp’s case against slavery in England → associatedWithPerson → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament → author → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament → associatedRule → Granville Sharp’s rule ⓘ

linked to: Granville Sharp

Somerset v Stewart → hasCounselForSomerset → Granville Sharp (abolitionist supporter, non-lawyer activist) ⓘ

linked to: Granville Sharp

William Sharp → sibling → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Zong massacre → significantFigure → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Buxton Memorial Fountain → honours → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Judith Wheler → motherOf → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Judith Wheler → notableRelative → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Durham School → educated → Granville Sharp ⓘ

Sierra Leone Company → foundedBy → Granville Sharp ⓘ

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