Thomas Fowell Buxton

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British politician abolitionist human social reformer

Thomas Fowell Buxton was a British politician, social reformer, and leading abolitionist who played a central role in the campaign to end slavery throughout the British Empire.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → abolitionist → human → social reformer →
advocatedFor	improvement of conditions for prisoners → reform of criminal law →
associatedWith	British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → Gurney family →
birthDate	1786-04-01 →
birthPlace	Castle Hedingham → England → Essex →
burialPlace	Norfolk → Overstrand →
causeOfDeath	illness →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain → United Kingdom →
createdBaronet	1840 →
deathDate	1845-02-19 →
educatedAt	Greenwich → Trinity College, Dublin →
endTime	1837 →
familyName	Buxton →
fatherInLaw	John Gurney →
givenName	Thomas →
honorificTitle	1st Baronet →
knownFor	campaigning for the abolition of slavery in the British Empire → leadership in the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society →
memberOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
movement	abolitionism →
name	Thomas Fowell Buxton →
notableAchievement	instrumental role in the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 →
notableWork	The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy →
occupation	abolitionist → brewer → politician → social reformer →
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis →
publicationDate	1839 →
relative	Elizabeth Fry →
religion	Quakerism →
residence	Norfolk → Northrepps Hall →
spouse	Hannah Gurney →
startTime	1818 →
succeeded	William Wilberforce as parliamentary leader of the abolitionist movement →
title	Sir →
workLocation	London →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy →	author
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 →	keySupporter
Thomas Fowell Buxton →	name