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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Sharafarez Ali Khan, Nawab Syed, Jagirdar, Hyderabad; b. Hijra 1273; educ: privately in Arabic, Persian and English; pupil of the famous poets the late Mir Hins and Mir Urs; a good Persian and Urdu poet; married in the family of the Nawab of Banganapalle, and got a dowry of Rs. 12,000. Publications: Rahan-i-gam; Fert-Gam. Address: Hyderabad (Deccan).  Sharfuddin, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed, Bar-at-Law, Judge, High Court, Calcutta; s. of Syed Farzaudlli of Chupra; b. at Neora, 1856; educ: at the Patna College; joined the Bar, 1880; practiced at Patna, Bihar and Calcutta; Fellow, Calcutta University; represented the Bihar Landholders’ Association in the Bengal Legislative Council, 1905; President, All-India Mahomedan Educational Conference, 1906. Address: Victoria Chamber, Chowringhee, Calcutta. Club: Calcutta.  Sharp, Henry, M.A., C.I.E. (1911), K.I.H. (1900), Secretary to the Government of India, Educational Department; b. 1869; s. of late Henry Sharp, educ: Rugby, New College, Oxford; entered Indian Educational Service as Inspector of Schools, Central Provinces, 1894; Principal, High School, Jubbalpore, 1894; Relief Officer during the famines of 1897 and 1900; Director of Public Instruction, Eastern Bengal and Assam, 1906-10; Member, Imperial Legislative Council since 1910. Publications: An Outline of Indian History; Rural schools in the Central Provinces. Address: Simla and Delhi. Club: East India United Service.  Sharp, Rev. John, M.A.; b. Bradford, Yorkshire, 1837; s. of late William Sharp, M.D.; belongs to the same family as John Sharp, Archbishop of York; educ: Rugby; Queen’s College, Oxford; passed B.A., 1860; M.A., 1863; became Deacon, 1861; Priest, 1864; came out to India as C.P.S. Missionary, 1864-70; Principal, Noble College, Masulipatam, 1865-78; Curate in charge of Langton, 1870-72; first University Lecturer in Telugu and Tamil, Cambridge, 1878-80; Secretary, British and Foreign Bible Society, London, 1880-1900; Sunday Evening Lecturer, St. Catharine Cree, 1881-89; Editorial Superintendent of the Holy Scriptures, and Consulting Secretary, British and Foreign Bible Society, 1900-08; Vice-President, British and Foreign Bible Society, 1908. Publications: Detached sermons on some special occasions; reports and pamphlets for the Bible Society. Address: 32, Harold Road, Upper Norwood, S.E.  Shastri, Gangathar, C.I.E. (1903) Mahamahopadhyaya (1887), Benares; b. 1853; educ: Benares Sanskrit College; Professor of Literature in the same College for the last thirty years. Publications: Shaswat Dharma Dipika, etc. Address; Ghasi Tola, Benares, India.  Shaw, Sir George Watson, Kt., (1913); C.S.I. (1908), Judicial Commissioner, Upper Burma, since 1905; b. 1858; s. of late Major Robert Shaw of the Bengal Army; educ: Grammar School, King’s College; entered I.C.S. 1879; joined Burma Commission; became Commissioner, 1901; Offg.  394