Sharp Frederick Cyril

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Biografie:
Frederick Cyril Sharp (1906-1966)
F. C. Sharp, whose death on July 24, 1966, was unfortunately overlooked, was a member of the Alpine Club since 1934· In 1924 he joined his father in John Fenton & Co., wine merchants, being the third Sharp generation in the firm. He served in the Army during the last war and after his return to the family business he merged it (1950) with the wellknown firm of Corney & Barrow Ltd., of which he became a director. He was a first-class adviser on wines and spirits, with claret his speciality, on which he was known throughout the trade as an expert judge.
His first visit to the Alps was in 1919, and the next in 1926. From then to the year of his election he only missed one year. A feature of his application form to the Alpine Club is that each year recorded was in a different climbing district, and not only in the Alps, but including Norway, the Pyrenees, Skye and the Lake District. No outstanding climbs .need be noted here. He did not confine his outdoor activities to mountaineering, and one year he was a winner in the finals of the men's doubles at the Zermatt tennis championships. He is said to have done this immediately after making an ascent of the Matterhorn in gymn shoes, having no climbing kit with him.
His other sport was badminton; he played for Sussex until 1952; had captained England in international badminton matches; had been on the English Badminton Selection Committee for twenty-one years, mostly as captain; and at the time of his death was Vice-President of the International Badminton Federation.
T. S. Blakeney
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 72, 1967, Seite 357-358


Geboren am:
1906
Gestorben am:
24.07.1966