Ju­ly 30, 1819, Hous­toun, West Lo­thi­an.

Sep­tem­ber 18, 1885, Orm­sa­ry, Ar­gyll­shire.

St. Ni­cho­las Church, Up­hall, Brox­burn, West Lo­thi­an.

Shairp’s ed­u­ca­tion inc­lud­ed the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow, 1836-39; Snell Ex­hib­i­tor, Bal­li­ol Coll­ege, Ox­ford, 1840; and New­di­gate Prize, 1842. For a time he was as­sist­ant mast­er at Rug­by, then Pro­fes­sor of La­tin at St. Andrews, 1861; Prin­ci­pal of the Unit­ed Coll­ege of St. Sal­va­tor and St. Leo­nard, St. An­drews, 1868; and Pro­fes­sor of Po­etry, Ox­ford, 1877. The Un­i­ver­si­ty of Edin­burgh con­ferred a LL.D. on him in 1884. His works in­clude:

• Culture and Re­li­gion in Some of Their Re­la­tions (Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land: 1870)
• Studies in Po­e­try and Phil­o­so­phy (Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land: 1871)

• Julian, p. 1701

1. ’Twixt Gleams of Joy and Clouds of Doubt