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 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780 ...

(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 Park

Canada

* Wilberforce, Ontario *

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

, Ontario; an 18th-century colony of American Black citizens * Kattimannap Qurlua (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 3,111. 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, the birthplace of William Wilberforce, in Hull, England * Wilberforce Way, a walking route between Hull and York, England *

Wilberfoss Wilberfoss is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the north side of the A1079 approximately east of York city centre and north-west of Market Weighton. According to the 2011 UK census, Wilberf ...

, East Riding of Yorkshire, England * Wilberforce Oak, a tree stump near

Holwood House Holwood House is a country house in Keston, near Hayes, Bromley, 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 Wa ...

, Keston, England

Other

Wilberforce, Ohio Wilberforce is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,410 at the 2020 census. History After Wilberforce University was established in 1856, the community was also named for the English stat ...

, 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, i ...

* Wilberforce River, in the Southern Alps of New Zealand

Education

* Wilberforce College, 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 th ...

, research institute at the University of Hull, England *

Wilberforce School The Wilberforce School is a private, classical Christian school in Princeton, New Jersey, serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Founded in 2005, the school is named in honor of abolitionist William Wilberforce. The Head of S ...

, in Princeton Junction, New Jersey *

Wilberforce University Wilberforce University (WU) is a private university in Wilberforce, Ohio. It is one of three historically black universities established before the American Civil War. Founded in 1856 by the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), it is named after ...

, in Wilberforce, Ohio *

Central State University Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-y ...

, 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 during the premierships of four prime ministers: Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, James C ...

, 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 mechani ...