This article is about the mathematician and theologian. For the historian, see Kevin Sharpe (historian).
Kevin James Sharpe (23 January 1950 – 6 November 2008) was a mathematician, theologian, archaeologist, Anglican priest and professor at Union Institute & University.
In 1975, he obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, under supervision of Graham Elton, with a thesis entitled “Relationships between Group Topologies”.[1]
He obtained a second Ph.D. in religious studies in 1987 from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, for work performed under supervision of Professors Robert S. Cohen of the Philosophy Department, and Harold H. Oliver with the topic “Christian Theology and the Physics, Metaphysics, and Mathematics of David Bohm”, which later led to his book published in 1993.
Together with his second wife, Dr. Mary Catherine Lacombe, Kevin J. Sharpe wrote several articles on finger flutings, after doing research in the Rouffignac cave and in Australian caves. Dr. Lacombe, who had a PhD in writing along with experience in childhood education made the connection between these finger flutings and mnemonic devices that young children use. <Line Markings as Systems of Notation? (with Mary Lacombe). In News 95: International Rock Art Congress – North, East, West, South, 1995 IRAC – 30 August-6 September 1995 – Proceedings (Pinerolo, Italy: IFRAO – International Federation of Rock Art Organizations, 1999), p. 46> and <NEWS 95 – International Rock Art Congress Proceedings_files/sharp.htm>.) Continuing with his third wife Leslie Van Gelder, Kevin J. Sharpe, pursued his interest in archaeology lectured extensively on early cave paintings and markings, in particular on finger flutings by men, women, and children in the Rouffignac cave.[2][4] They continued to interpret these as early mnemonic devices and a precursor to writing.[5]
