What is William Wilberforce?
{{Infobox Politician | name = William Wilberforce | image = Sir Thomas Lawrence02.jpg | caption = <center><big>William Wilberforce</big></center><center>by<big> [[Sir Thomas Lawrence]], [[1828]] </big></center> | office = [[Member of Parliament]] <br />for [[Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull]] | term_start = 1780 | term_end = 1784 | office2 = [[Member of Parliament]] <br />for [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire]] | term_start2 = 1784 | term_end2 = [[United Kingdom general election, 1812|1812]] | office3 = [[Member of Parliament]] <br />for [[Bramber]] | term_start3 = [[United Kingdom general election, 1812|1812]] | term_end3 = 1825 | birth_date = {{birth date|1759|8|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date|1833|7|29|df=y}}, aged {{age|1759|8|24|1833|7|29}} | death_place = [[London]], England | party = Independent | spouse = [[Barbara Spooner Wilberforce|Barbara Spooner]] | children = William, Barbara, Elizabeth, [[Robert Isaac Wilberforce|Robert]], [[Samuel Wilberforce|Samuel]] and [[Henry William Wilberforce|Henry]] | religion = }} '''William Wilberforce''' (24 August 1759–29 July 1833) was a [[British people|British]] [[evangelical]] [[politician]] and [[philanthropist]]. He was a leader of the movement to end the [[Atlantic slave trade]]. == Other websites == {{wikisource author-inline}}<br> {{Commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml BBC historic figures: William Wilberforce] {{-}} {{multistub|UK|biography}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilberforce, William}} [[Category:1759 births]] [[Category:1833 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge]] [[Category:British abolitionists]] [[Category:English activists]] [[Category:English Anglicans]] [[Category:English philanthropists]] [[Category:Evangelicals]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Co