Wilberforce may refer to:

People

Wilberforce (name) Wilberforce is a name, both a surname and a given name. It is also the name of an English family, including William Wilberforce. Notable people with the name include: People Surname People with the surname include: * William Wilberforce (1759–1 ...

, for people (and fictional characters) with the name **

William Wilberforce William Wilberforce (24 August 175929 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becom ...

(1759–1833), British politician, evangelical reformer and campaigner against the slave trade

Places

Australia

Wilberforce, New South Wales Wilberforce is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It is just beyond the outer suburbs of north-west Sydney and lies on the western bank of the Hawkesbury River. History Wilberforc ...

Wilberforce Cemetery Wilberforce Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Clergy Road, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Wilberforce, City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. It was laid out by surveyor James Meehan (surveyor), James Meehan and established in 1 ...

** Wilberforce Park

Canada

* Wilberforce, Ontario *

Wilberforce Colony Wilberforce Colony was a colony established in the year 1829 by free African American citizens, north of present-day London, Ontario, Canada. It was an effort by American Blacks to create a place where they could live in political freedom. When Am ...

, Ontario; an 18th-century colony of American Black citizens *

Kattimannap Qurlua Kattimannap Qurlua, formerly Wilberforce Falls, is an almost tall waterfall located in the Wilberforce Gorge of the Hood River in Nunavut, Canada. The falls are one of the few major waterfalls in the world north of the Arctic Circle. Name The w ...

(formerly Wilberforce Falls), in Wilberforce Gorge, Nunavut *

North Algona Wilberforce North Algona Wilberforce is a township municipality in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 2,873. The township was formed in 1999 when the North Algona and Wilberforce townships were amalgamated. Wilberforce Township was name ...

, a township in Renfrew County, Ontario; formed from North Algona and Wilberforce Townships

United Kingdom

Wilberforce House Wilberforce House is a British historic house museum, part of the Museums Quarter of Kingston-upon-Hull. It is the birthplace of social reformer William Wilberforce (1759–1833), who used his time as a member of Parliament to work for the ab ...

, the birthplace of William Wilberforce, in Hull, England * Wilberforce Way, a walking route between Hull and York, England * Wilberfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire, England *

Wilberforce Oak Holwood House is a country house in Keston, near Hayes, in the London Borough of Bromley, England. The house was designed by Decimus Burton, built between 1823 and 1826 and is in the Greek Revival style. It was built for John Ward who later em ...

, a tree stump near

Holwood House Holwood House is a country house in Keston, near Hayes, in the London Borough of Bromley, England. The house was designed by Decimus Burton, built between 1823 and 1826 and is in the Greek Revival style. It was built for John Ward who later em ...

, Keston, England

Other

Wilberforce, Ohio Wilberforce is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,271 at the 2010 census, up from 1,579 at the 2000 census. History After Wilberforce College was established in 1856, the community was ...

, United States *

Wilberforce, Sierra Leone Wilberforce is a neighborhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It is home to the Wilberforce military barracks, one of the largest in the country and the main barracks of the Sierra Leone military. Wilberforce is also home to several foreign embassies ...

* Wilberforce River, in the Southern Alps of New Zealand

Education

Wilberforce College Wilberforce College is a further education Sixth Form College in Hull, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies nort ...

, in Hull, England *

Wilberforce Institute The Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation is a research institute at the University of Hull, in Kingston upon Hull, England. Housed in Oriel Chambers in Hull City Centre, since 2005, its aim is to research slavery in the ...

, research institute at the University of Hull, England *

Wilberforce School , motto_translation = Grace and Truth , address = 75 Mapleton Road, Building Two , city = Princeton , county = Mercer County , state = New Jersey , zipcode = 08540 , country ...

, in Princeton Junction, New Jersey *

Wilberforce University Wilberforce University is a private historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), it was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans. It participates ...

, in Wilberforce, Ohio * Central State University, a public, historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio (formerly Wilberforce State University)

Other uses

Wilberforce (cat) Wilberforce ( – 19 May 1988) was a cat living at 10 Downing Street who was employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1973 to 1987. He served throughout the premierships of four prime ministers: Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, Jame ...

, who lived at 10 Downing Street between 1973 and 1987 *

Wilberforce pendulum A Wilberforce pendulum, invented by British physicist Lionel Robert Wilberforce around 1896, consists of a mass suspended by a long helical spring and free to turn on its vertical axis, twisting the spring. It is an example of a coupled mechanic ...