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Wilberforce, Robert Isaac, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/6/48

Scope and Contents

Portrait of Robert Isaac Wilberforce. Caption: "Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Archdeacon of East Riding; (Joined Roman Church with Manning) 1802-1857."

Dates

  • Creation: c 1843-1847

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Biographical / Historical

From a typed note pasted on the page: "Wilberforce, Robert Isaac (1802-1857), arch-deacon of East Riding; second son of William Wilberforce [q. v.]; B.A. Oriel College, Oxford, 1824; fellow, 1826; M.A., 1827; sub-dean and tutor, 1828, his colleagues being John Henry Newman [q. v.] and Richard Hurrell Fronde [q. v.]; identified with tractarian or high-church party; ordained, 1826; priest, 1828; received livings of East Farleigh, 1832, Burton Agnes, 1840; archdeacon of East Riding, 1841; became intimate with Henry Edward Manning [q. v.], and followed his example in joining Roman catholic church, 1854; entered Academia Ecclesiastica in Rome, 1855, and was in minor orders when he died; published religious and historical writings. [lxi. 201]".

Full Extent

1 photograph

Physical Location

Volume VI, p. 480

General

LUNA Work Record ID: 0012060

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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