death_date image_size article_title birth_date spouse image employer name occupation
17 march 1810 240px william sharp -lrb- surgeon -rrb-
 1729 catherine -lrb- née barwick -rrb- sharp , william mw38486.jpg george iii william sharp surgeon
william sharp -lrb- surgeon -rrb-

william sharp -lrb- 1729 -- 17 march 1810 -rrb- was an english physician reported to have acted as surgeon to king george iii .
with his brother granville sharp , he was an active supporter of the early campaign against slavery in britain .
he commissioned a well-known painting of his extended family playing music on a barge .
