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Authorised form of nameWilberforce; Samuel (1805 - 1873)
Dates1805 - 1873
NationalityBritish
Place of birthClapham, England
Date of birth07 September 1805
Place of deathAbinger, Surrey Downs
Date of death19 July 1873
Dates and placesBurial:
Lavington Church, Sussex
ActivityCareer:
Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of Winchester (1869-1873); died after being thrown from his horse, Abinger, Surrey Downs
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/12/1845
Other Royal Society activityDecember 11 1845; The Dean of Ely gave notice that at the next meeting of the Society, <he would propose> [crossed out] the Bishop of Oxford <would be proposed> [inserted as superscript] for Election as Fellow of the Society, and for immediate Ballot; to which as a Peer of the Realm he is by the Statutes entitled. December 18 1845 In accordance with the notice given at the last Meeting, the Very Rev.d the Dean of Westminster proposed the Lord Bishop of Oxford for immediate Ballot, to which he was entitled. The Ballot being taken, his Lordship was declared duly elected.
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 24 July 1869
Royal Society codeNA7247
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/Maull/004905Wilberforce, Samuelnd
IM/004906Wilberforce, Samuelnd
MS/426/558Copy letter from W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Churchwardens, St Leonard's, Shoreditch5 February 1856
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