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ROBERT ISAAC WILBERFORCE (1802-18J7)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 630 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROBERT See also:ISAAC See also:WILBERFORCE (1802-18J7)  , See also:English clergyman and writer, second son of See also:William See also:Wilberforce, was See also:born on the 19th of See also:December 1802 . He was educated at See also:Oriel See also:College, See also:Oxford, taking a See also:double first in 1823 . In 1826 he was chosen See also:fellow of Oriel and was ordained, among his See also:friends and colleagues being See also:Newman, See also:Pusey and See also:Keble . For a few years he was one of the tutors at Oriel, but the See also:provost, See also:Edward See also:Hawkins, disliked his religious views, and in 1831 he resigned and See also:left Oxford . In 1832 he obtained the living of See also:East Farleigh, See also:Kent, which in 184o he exchanged for that of See also:Burton See also:Agnes, near See also:Hull . In 1841 he was appointed See also:archdeacon of the East See also:Riding . About this See also:time Wilberforce became very intimate with See also:Manning, and many letters on theological and ecclesiastical questions passed between them . In 1851 Manning joined the See also:Church of See also:Rome, and three years later Wilberforce took the same step . He was preparing for his ordination when he died at Albano on the 3rd of See also:February 1857 . He left two sons, the younger of whom, Edward Wilberforce (b . 1834), became one of the masters of the Supreme See also:Court of Judicature . Edward's son, Lionel See also:Robert Wilberforce (b .

1861), was in 'goo appointed See also:

professor of physics in the university of See also:Liverpool . R . I . Wilberforce assisted his See also:brother See also:Samuel to write the See also:Life and to edit the See also:Correspondence of his See also:father . His other writin s include: Church Courts and Church Discipline (1843); See also:Doctrine of the See also:Holy See also:Eucharist (1853) ; Doctrine of the Incarnation in Relation to Mankind and the Church (1848 and later See also:editions); The Five Empires, a See also:Sketch of See also:Ancient See also:History (184o) ; A Sketch of the History of Erastianism (1851) ; An Enquiry into the Principles of Church Authority (1854) and a See also:romance, Rutilius and See also:Lucius (1842) .

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