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'William Wilberforce', c1800, (c1884). William Wilberforce (1759-1833), British politician and philanthropist educated at Hull Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. MP, Evangelical Christian and abolitionist of the Slave Trade Act 1807 under reign of George III. From "Leaders of the Senate: A Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution, Vol. II.", by Alexander Charles Ewald, F.S.A. [William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Berlin]