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William Wilberforce

1759 - 1833

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William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, and became an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire (1784–1812). In 1785, he underwent a conversion experience and became an Evangelical Anglican, which resulted in major changes to his lifestyle and a lifelong concern for reform. In 1787, Wilberforce came into contact with Thomas Clarkson and a group of activists against the transatlantic slave trade, including Granville Sharp, Hannah More and Charles Middleton. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Wilberforce is the 3,870th most popular politician (down from 2,333rd in 2019), the 926th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 512th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular British Politician.

William Wilberforce was a British politician who led the movement to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire, which he accomplished in 1807.

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Among politicians, William Wilberforce ranks 3,870 out of 19,576. Before him are Adad-nirari III, Vologases IV, Tiberius Gemellus, Hüma Hatun, Fernando de la Rúa, and Princess Thyra of Denmark. After him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Cleitus the Black, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Robert M. La Follette, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and Ramiro I of Aragon.

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Among people born in 1759, William Wilberforce ranks 13. Before him are Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, James Edward Smith, Maria Feodorovna, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, and Clotilde of France. After him are Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Friedrich August Wolf, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville. Among people deceased in 1833, William Wilberforce ranks 11. Before him are Marie-Antoine Carême, Richard Trevithick, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, Pierre André Latreille, and Oliver Wolcott Jr.. After him are Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Hugh Glass, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Edmund Kean, and Abbas Mirza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Wilberforce ranks 926 out of 8,785. Before him are George Gissing (1857), Ronnie Wood (1947), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), George Smith (1840), David Coverdale (1951), and Charles Wheatstone (1802). After him are Kenny Dalglish (1951), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), Henry Walter Bates (1825), E. M. Forster (1879), William Parry (1790), and E. H. Carr (1892).

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Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Wilberforce ranks 183. Before him are James Macpherson (1736), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), and Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902). After him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), William Penn (1645), H. H. Asquith (1852), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), Robert Peel (1788), and Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373).

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