Famous People with Name Sheard

Karen Clark Sheard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karen Clark Sheard: a three-time Grammy Award winning American gospel singer, songwriter, member of seminal group The Clark Sisters, and mother of contemporary gospel singer Kierra "Kiki" Sheard.Karen Clark Sheard was born November 15, 1960. She has five older siblings : Leo

Joseph Sheard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Sheard: was a Canadian architect and politician. He was Mayor of Toronto from 1871 to 1872.

Charles Sheard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Sheard: was a medical doctor, public health official and politician. He conducted postgraduate work in Europe and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.) in London, England. Upon his return to Toronto he was appointed Chair of Physiology at Trinity and retained that position at the new amalgamated Department of Medicine when Trinity joined the University of Toronto in 1904, remaining with the instiution until 1912.. He was also associated with The Lancet medical journal. From 1893 to 1910, Dr. Sheard was also Toronto's Chief Medical Officer and head of the city's Department of Health. He served as Chairman of the province of Ontario's Board of Health from 1904 until 1909. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1917 federal election as the Unionist Member of Parliament for Toronto South and was re-elected in the 1921 federal election as a Conservative but did not stand for re-election in 1925.