William Wilberforce

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British politician abolitionist human philanthropist

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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Surface form	Occurrences
Wilberforce	4
William Wilberforce the younger	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
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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A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians → author → William Wilberforce ⓘ

William Wilberforce → child → William Wilberforce self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Wilberforce the younger

Robert Wilberforce → familyName → William Wilberforce ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilberforce

Samuel Wilberforce → familyName → William Wilberforce ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilberforce

William Wilberforce → familyName → William Wilberforce self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilberforce

Robert Wilberforce → father → William Wilberforce ⓘ

William Wilberforce → fullName → William Wilberforce self-link ⓘ

Clapham Sect → hasMember → William Wilberforce ⓘ

Philhellenes → hasNotableMember → William Wilberforce ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilberforce

Granville Sharp → influenced → William Wilberforce ⓘ

John Newton → influenced → William Wilberforce ⓘ

Slave Trade Act 1807 → keySupporter → William Wilberforce ⓘ

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → keySupporter → William Wilberforce ⓘ

Pocklington School → notableAlumnus → William Wilberforce ⓘ

Highwood Hill, Mill Hill → notableResident → William Wilberforce ⓘ

Robert Wilberforce → sibling → William Wilberforce ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Wilberforce the younger

Thomas Clarkson → workedWith → William Wilberforce ⓘ