Robert Wilberforce

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:advocatesFor Education reform
Social reform
Animal welfare
Education for the poor
Temperance movement
Moral reform
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Henry_Thornton
gptkb:Joseph_Sturge
gptkb:Charles_Grant
gptkb:William_Ewart_Gladstone
gptkb:William_Fox
gptkb:Richard_Oastler
gptkb:John_Stuart_Mill
gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Younger
gptkb:Lord_Shaftesbury
gptkb:James_Stephen
gptkb:George_Canning
gptkb:Lord_Melbourne
gptkb:Lord_John_Russell
gptkb:Thomas_Clarkson
gptkb:David_Livingstone
gptkb:Granville_Sharp
gptkb:John_Newton
gptkb:Thomas_Babington_Macaulay
gptkb:Clapham_Sect
gptkb:Samuel_Wilberforce
gptkb:William_Wilberforce_Jr.
gptkbp:birthDate 1759-08-29
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_Wilberforce_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1833-07-29
gptkbp:founder gptkb:British_and_Foreign_Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkb:Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Wilberforce
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Wilberforce
Social justice movements
Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Wesley
gptkbp:knownFor Christian_philanthropy
Leading_the_movement_to_abolish_the_slave_trade_in_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Wilberforce_Institute_for_the_Study_of_Slavery_and_Emancipation
gptkb:Wilberforce_University
Wilberforce_Day
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork Abolition of the Slave Trade
gptkbp:occupation Politician
gptkbp:office Member_of_Parliament_for_Kingston_upon_Hull,_Yorkshire
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Tory_Party
gptkbp:receives Honorary_Doctorate_from_Yale_University
Honorary_Doctorate_from_Brown_University
gptkbp:religion Anglicanism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Wilberforce
gptkbp:wrote Real_Christianity
A_Practical_View_of_the_Prevailing_Religious_System_of_Professed_Christians