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Bible Encyclopedias
Wilberforce, Samuel
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
or English prelate, born at Clapham, third son of the succeeding; entered Oriel College, Oxford, at 18, where he distinguished himself by his powers of debate; took holy orders, and rose to eminence in the Church; was made Bishop of Oxford in 1845, and of Winchester in 1869; was a High Churchman of the pure Anglican type, and equally opposed to Romanism and Nonconformity; shone in society by his wit and powers of conversation; Carlyle often "exchanged pleasant dialogues with him, found him dexterous, stout and clever, far from being a bad man"; "I do not hate him," he said to Froude one day, "near so much as I fear I ought to do"; he found him "really of a religious nature," and secretly in sympathy with himself on religious matters; was killed by a fall from his horse; he was popularly known by the sobriquet of "Soapy Sam" (1805-1873).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Wilberforce, Samuel'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/w/wilberforce-samuel.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
