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Wilberforce, Samuel ___ 1805-1873 ___
British ___ priest
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Samuel was born in Clapham, London,
the third son of William Wilberforce (also a diarist). He studied mathematics
and classics at Oriel College, Oxford, where he became associated with the
Oxford Movement. In 1828 he married Emily Sargent, and the same year was
ordained and appointed curate-in-charge at Checkenden near Henley-on-Thames.
Two years later he took over as rector of Brighstone, Isle of Wight. He
published hymns and sermons as well as stories and tracts on social subjects.
In the second half of the 1830s, he edited the letters and journals of Henry
Martyn, and co-authored with his brother, Robert, a biography of his father.
He rose up the church ranks quickly, becoming archdeacon of Surrey and canon
of Winchester, and served as rector of Alverstoke, Hampshire, between 1840
and 1845. In 1841, he was appointed chaplain to Prince Albert, and in 1847
became Lord High Almoner to Queen Victoria, a post he held until 1869. In
the mid-1840s he became Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Oxford. When John
Henry Newman, leader of the Oxford Movement, converted to Roman Catholicism,
Wilberforce used his influence to try to keep the Movement together. He
was a frequent critic of liberal bishops and is particularly remembered
for attacking Darwin's theory of evolution. In the 1850s, he founded one
of the first Anglican theological colleges. In 1869, he was appointed Bishop
of Winchester.
One biography link
DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1830-1873 ___ religious family
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WEB TEXT LINKS
ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford
SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Life of Samuel Wilberforce (includes extracts from diaries)
May 06
THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS:
1) The first line of basic information
may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different
names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or
uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown,
or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British'
a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was
compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts
were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if
they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates
and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with
caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are
only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies.
4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges,
and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising.
I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some
variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited
myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their
original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the
titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries. |