See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WILBERFORCE, ROBERT ISAAC (1802-18J7)
• WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL (1805-1873)
• WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (1759—1833)

WILBERFORCE (1759—1833)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English philanthropist whose name is chiefly associated with the abolition of the slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, was descended from a See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

• FAMILY

family which possessed the See also:

• MANOR

manor of Wilberfoss in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• RIDING

Riding from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II. till the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He was the only son of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• WILBERFORCE, ROBERT ISAAC (1802-18J7)
• WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL (1805-1873)
• WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM (1759—1833)

Wilberforce, member of a commercial See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull, by his wife See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, daughter of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• BIRD

Bird of See also:

• BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH (1766-1815)
• BARTON, BERNARD (1784–1849)
• BARTON, CLARA (1821– )
• BARTON, ELIZABETH (c. 1506–1534)

Barton, Oxon, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Hull on the 24th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1759 . It was from his See also:

• MOTHER

mother that he inherited both his feeble See also:

• FRAME

frame and his many See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• MENTAL

mental endowments . He was not a diligent See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, but at the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school of Hull his skill in elocution attracted the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master . Before he had completed his tenth See also:

• YEAR

year he lost his See also:

• FATHER

father and was transferred to the care of a paternal See also:

• UNCLE

uncle at See also:

• WIMBLEDON

Wimbledon; but in his twelfth year he returned to Hull, and soon afterwards was placed under the care of the master of the endowed school of Pocklington . Here his love of social pleasures made him neglectful of his studies, but he entered St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1766 . See also:

• LEFT

Left by the See also:

• DEATH

death of his grandfather and uncle the possessor of an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune under his mother's See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole guardianship, he was somewhat idle at the university, though he acquitted himself in the See also:

• EXAMINATIONS

examinations with See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit; but in his serious years he " could not look back without unfeigned remorse " on the opportunities he had then neglected . In 1780 he was elected to the House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons for his native See also:

• TOWN

town, his success being due to his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal popularity and his lavish See also:

• EXPENDITURE

expenditure . He soon found his way into the fast See also:

• POLITICAL

political society of See also:

• LONDON

London, and at the See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club at Goosetrees renewed an acquaintance begun at Cambridge with See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt, which ripened into a friendship of the closest See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . In the autumn of 1783 he set out with Pitt on a tour in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; and after his return his eloquence proved of See also:

• GREAT

great assistance to Pitt in his struggle against the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the House of Commons . In 1784 Wilberforce was elected for both Hull and Yorkshire. and took his seat for the latter See also:

• CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency . A See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to See also:

• NICE

Nice in the autumn of the same year with his friend Dr See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• MILNER, ALFRED MILNER, VISCOUNT (1854– )
• MILNER, JOSEPH (1744-1797)

Milner (1750-182o), who had been a master at Hull grammar school when Wilberforce was there as a boy, and had since made a reputation as a mathematician, and afterwards became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of Queens' College, Cambridge, and See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle, led to his See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion to Evangelical See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity and the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of more serious views of See also:

• LIFE

life .

The See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change had a marked effect on his public conduct . In the beginning of 1787 he busied himself with the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a society for the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

reformation of See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners . About the same time he made the acquaintance of Thotnas See also:

• CLARKSON, THOMAS (176o-1846)

Clarkson, and began the agitation against the slave trade . Pitt entered heartily into their plans, and recommended Wilberforce to undertake the guidance of the project as a subject suited to his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and talents . While Clarkson conducted the agitation throughout the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, Wilberforce took every opportunity in the House of Commons of exposing the evils and horrors of the trade . In 1788, however, a serious illness compelled him to retire for some months from public life, and the introduction of the subject in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament therefore devolved on Pitt, whose representations were so far successful that an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act was passed providing that the number of slaves carried in See also:

• SHIPS

ships should be in proportion to the See also:

• TONNAGE

tonnage . On the 12th of May of the following year Wilberforce, in co-operation with Pitt, brought the subject of abolition again before the House of Commons; but the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of the planters succeeded in getting the See also:

• MATTER

matter deferred . On the 27th of See also:

• JANUARY

January following Wilberforce carried a See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion for referring to a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee the further examination of witnesses, but after full inquiry the motion for abolition in See also:

• APRIL

April 1791 was lost by 163 votes to 88 . In the following April he carried a motion for See also:

• GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

gradual abolitionby 238 to 85 votes; but in the House of Lords the discussion was finally postponed till the following session . Notwithstanding his unremitting labours in educating public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion and See also:

• ANNUAL

annual motions in the House of Commons, it was not till 1807, the year following Pitt's death, that the first great step towards the abolition of See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery was accomplished . When the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-slavery society was formed in 1823, Wilberforce and Clarkson became See also:

• VICE

vice-presidents; but before their aim was accomplished Wilberforce had retired from public life, and the Emancipation See also:

• BILL

Bill was not passed till August 1833, a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month after his death . In 1797 Wilberforce published A Pratical View of the Prevailing Religious See also:

• SYSTEM

System of Professed Christians in the Higher and Middle Classes of this Country Contrasted with Real Christianity, which within See also:

• HALF

half a year went through five See also:

• EDITIONS

editions and was afterwards translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, Dutch and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German .

In the same year (May 1797) he married See also:

• BARBARA, SAINT

Barbara See also:

• ANN

Ann Spooner and took a house at Clapham, where he became one of the leaders of what was known as the " Clapham See also:

• SECT

Sect " of Evangelicals, including Henry See also:

• THORNTON, HENRY (1760—1815)
• THORNTON, ROBERT (1623-1678)
• THORNTON, WILLIAM THOMAS (1813-188o)

Thornton, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant, E . J . See also:

• ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834– )
• ELIOT, GEORGE
• ELIOT, JOHN (1604-1690)
• ELIOT, SIR JOHN (1592-1632)

Eliot, Zacchary See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay and See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen . It was in connexion with this See also:

• GROUP

group that he then occupied himself with a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan for a religious periodical which should admit a moderate degree of political and See also:

• COMMON

common intelligence," the result being the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in January 18e1 of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Observer . He also interested himself in a variety of schemes for the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement of the social and religious welfare of the community, including the establishment of the Association for the Better Observance of See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday, the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, with Hannah More (q.v.), of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools at See also:

• CHEDDAR

Cheddar, See also:

• SOMERSETSHIRE

Somersetshire, a project for opening a school in every See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish for the religious instruction of See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, a plan for the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of the children of the See also:

• LOWER

lower classes, a bill for securing better salaries to curates, and a method for disseminating, by See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government help, Christianity in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . In parliament he was a supporter of See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary reform and of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic emancipation . In 1812, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of failing See also:

• HEALTH

health, he exchanged the See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of Yorkshire for that of a constituency which would make less demands on his time, and was returned for Bramber, See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex . In 1825 he retired from the House of Commons, and the following year settled at High-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, near See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill Hill, "just beyond the disk of the See also:

• METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

metropolis." He died at London on the 29th of See also:

• JULY

July 1833, and was buried in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to Pitt, See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox and See also:

• CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL (1812-1862)
• CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827)

Canning . In Westminster Abbey a statue was erected to his memory, and in Yorkshire a See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum for the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind, was founded, in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . A See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column was also erected to him by his townsmen of Hull . Wilberforce left four sons, two of whom, See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel and Robert Isaac, are noticed separately . The youngest, Henry See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Wilberforce (1807-1873), was educated at See also:

• ORIEL
• ORIEL, JOHN FOSTER, BARON (1740-1828)

Oriel College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and was president of the Oxford See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union .

He took orders in the English See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, but in 185o became a Roman Catholic . He was an active journalist and edited the Catholic See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

Standard . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief authorities of the career of William Wilberforce are his Life (5 vols., 1838) by his sons, Robert Isaac and Samuel, and his See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence (184o) also published by his sons A smaller edition of the Life was published by Samuel Wilberforce in 1868 . See also The private papers of William Wilberforce, edited by A . M . Wilberforce (1897) ; See also:

• SIR

Sir James Stephen, Essays in Ecclesiastical See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography (1849) ; J . C . Colquhoun, Wilberforce, His Friends and Times (1866); John See also:

• STOUGHTON, JOHN (1807-1897)

Stoughton, William Wilberforce (188o); J . J . See also:

• GURNEY
• GURNEY, EDMUND (1847—1888)

Gurney, See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

Familiar See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch of Wilberforce (1838); and J . S . See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford, Recollections of W .

Wilberforce (1864) .