William Wilberforce

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William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and leading figure in the movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the British Empire.

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
authorOf A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath influenza ⓘ
child Robert Wilberforce ⓘ
Samuel Wilberforce ⓘ
William Wilberforce self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Wilberforce the younger
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1759-08-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1833-07-29 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1797-05-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Pocklington School ⓘ
St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
surface form: St John's College, Cambridge
familyName William Wilberforce self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wilberforce
fullName William Wilberforce self-link ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenced British abolitionist movement ⓘ
Evangelical social reform in Britain ⓘ
influencedBy Hannah More ⓘ
John Newton ⓘ
knownFor leading figure in the movement to abolish slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
leading figure in the movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Clapham Sect ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
notableWork campaign to abolish slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
campaign to abolish the slave trade ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
occupation Member of Parliament ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Hull ⓘ
surface form: Kingston upon Hull

Yorkshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Bramber ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire ⓘ
religion Evangelicalism ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Anglicanism
residence Highwood Hill, Mill Hill ⓘ
Hull ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
spouse Barbara Spooner ⓘ
supportedAct Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
termEnd 1825 ⓘ
termStart 1780 ⓘ

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John Newton → influenced → William Wilberforce ⓘ
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Buxton Memorial Fountain → honours → William Wilberforce ⓘ