Born in Britain and raised in Australia, Sharp earned his doctorate in the history of ideas (science/natural philosophy) in 1976, receiving the Clifford Norton Research Fellowship in the History of Science from Queen's College, Oxford.
Sharp, who was born in Britain and raised in Australia, received a doctorate in the history of ideas (science/natural philosophy) in 1976, earning the Clifford Norton Research Fellowship in the History of Science from Queen's College, Oxford.