Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe

Born in 1848 and dying in 1925, he was a British legal scholar and historical editor whose name is closely tied to the records of the City of London. His published work shows a strong focus on the archives kept at Guildhall, where he edited and introduced major collections of medieval and early modern documents.

Among his best-known books is London and the Kingdom, a large-scale history based mainly on those civic archives. He also edited reference works such as calendars of letter-books, coroners’ rolls, and wills, helping transform difficult manuscript material into sources that historians and general readers could actually use.

The surviving online record makes him look less like a literary celebrity and more like a patient archival guide: someone who spent years organizing, explaining, and preserving the written memory of London. No suitable verified portrait image was confirmed from the sources checked here, so a profile image is not included.