Thomas Fowell Buxton
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Fowell Buxton canonical | 5 |
| Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T115798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Thomas Fowell Buxton Context triple: [Slavery Abolition Act 1833, keySupporter, Thomas Fowell Buxton]
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William Wilberforce
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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B.
Robert Peel
Robert Peel was a 19th-century British statesman and two-time Prime Minister best known for founding the modern Metropolitan Police and shaping the Conservative Party.
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C.
Paul Bogle
Paul Bogle was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and national hero who led a major 1865 protest against colonial injustice that became known as the Morant Bay Rebellion.
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D.
James Mill
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform movement.
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E.
Henry Hunt
Henry Hunt was a prominent early 19th-century British radical orator and reformer known for championing parliamentary reform and mass political gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thomas Fowell Buxton Target entity description: 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.
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A.
William Wilberforce
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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B.
Robert Peel
Robert Peel was a 19th-century British statesman and two-time Prime Minister best known for founding the modern Metropolitan Police and shaping the Conservative Party.
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C.
Paul Bogle
Paul Bogle was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and national hero who led a major 1865 protest against colonial injustice that became known as the Morant Bay Rebellion.
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D.
James Mill
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform movement.
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E.
Henry Hunt
Henry Hunt was a prominent early 19th-century British radical orator and reformer known for championing parliamentary reform and mass political gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ
surface form:
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
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leadership in the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Fowell Buxton self-link ⓘ |
| 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 |
Religious Society of Friends
ⓘ
surface form:
Quakerism
|
| residence |
Norfolk
ⓘ
Northrepps Hall ⓘ |
| spouse | Hannah Gurney ⓘ |
| startTime | 1818 ⓘ |
| succeeded | William Wilberforce as parliamentary leader of the abolitionist movement ⓘ |
| title | Sir ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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Subject: Thomas Fowell Buxton Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
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