This biography is republished from The Dictionary of Irish Biography and was written by Enda Leaney. Shared by permission in line with Creative Commons ‘Attribution’ (CC BY) licencing.
Born: Unknown, Ireland (assumed)
Died: 15 August 1918
Country most active: Ireland
Also known as: Alice Hutton
Robert Scharff married first (1889) Alice (d. 15 August 1918 in the influenza epidemic), younger daughter of L. O. Hutton, of Belfast. They had two sons, and lived at Knockranny, Bray, Co. Wicklow. She helped his zoological studies as both collector and writer, and compiled the twenty-five-year author index of the Irish Naturalist (February 1915).