Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:advocated_for gptkb:Education_for_women
Education reform
Prison reform
Women's rights
Child labor laws
Public health reforms
Factory reform
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkb:Methodists
gptkb:United_Methodist_Church
gptkb:Anti-Slavery_Society
Social reformers
gptkbp:birth_date 1786-04-01
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Norwich,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Buxton
gptkbp:contribution Abolition of slavery
gptkbp:death_date 1845-02-19
gptkbp:death_place Grove House, Hertfordshire, England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Buxton_Memorial_Fountain
gptkb:British_and_Foreign_Anti-Slavery_Society
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
gptkbp:influenced Civil rights movements
Social justice movements
Humanitarian movements
Labor rights movements
Legislation on slavery
Abolitionist movements in the United States
Charitable organizations in Britain
Philanthropy in Britain
Political activism in Britain
Public policy in Britain
Social reform movements in Britain
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:William_Wilberforce
gptkbp:involved_in Colonial administration
gptkbp:known_for Advocacy for social reform
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_work A Letter to the People of the United States
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:social_reform
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:position_held Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Member of Parliament for Middlesex
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:John_Buxton
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sarah_Buxton
gptkbp:supported Public health initiatives
Education for the poor
Temperance movement
Moral reform movements
Emancipation of slaves in the British Empire
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baronet
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Life_of_Sir_Thomas_Fowell_Buxton
gptkb:The_African_Slave_Trade
The Slave Trade
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4