Ian Sharp was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and Coventry and Warwick Hospital. He was born on 14 May 1924 in Perth, the only son of Arthur James Sharp, a builder, and Alison Blyth Sharp née Donald, a teacher. He studied at Perth Academy and went on to study medicine at University College, Dundee, then part of the University of St Andrews. He gained a BSc in 1944 and qualified in 1947. In September 1948, he became a flight lieutenant in the RAF. He was a house surgeon at Liverpool Royal Infirmary, a senior house officer at Manchester Royal Infirmary and then an orthopaedic senior house officer at Liverpool Royal Infirmary. He stated he had been influenced by B G wells, John Charnley and Bryan MacFarland during his training. He gained his MCh in 1956 and his FRCS in 1959. Outside medicine he enjoyed sailing. In 1949, he married Mavis Jagger in Southport, Lancashire. They had a son and two daughters. Ian Kerr Sharp died in October 1997 at the age of 73.