These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Wilberforce University, Wilbrod, Wilburites.
a coeducational institution in Wilberforce, O.; for colored students; founded led in the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close 1856 under of 1919: Professors and instructors, 42; students, 600; president, W. S. Scarborough, LL. D. or WILLIBROD, ST.,
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William (1759-1833), an English anti-slavery leader. He was a native of Hull, Yorkshire, and was educated at Cambridge. In 1780 he was sent to Parliament by his native town. He became interested in the problem of suppressing slavery in the British colonies, Jamaica and elsewhere. Each year he brought the matter before Parliament. In 1807 a bill was passed forbidding the further introduction of slaves from Africa. This put an end to the British slave trade. Wilberforce lived to see slavery forbidden in every part of the world owning allegiance to the British flag. He was buried in Westminster Abbey . Wilberforce University at Xenia, Ohio, an institution for the education of colored people, was named in his honor. Two of his sons were clergymen of the Church of England. Samuel, a third son, rose to be Bishop of Winchester, a dignity which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords . A readiness in debate and a plausible manner gained him the popular name of "Soapy Sam." See Slavery 2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: BR 2026-07-22)
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born in the Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, about 657; generally called "The Apostle of the Friesians." He was a monk of Wilfred's mon monastery, at Ripon, and about 677 went to Ireland to preach Christianity. In 690 he went to Utrecht, and having, after great exertions, converted large numbers of the Friesians to Christianity, he was rewarded with the bishopric of Utrecht by Pope Sergius I. He also preached to the Danes, and established the monastery of Echternach, near Treves. He died in 738. He is commemorated in the Roman Catholic Church on Nov. 7.
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a section of American Quakers, named from their leader, John Wilbur, who separated from the main body in the first half of the 19th century on the ground that the Quakers were abandoning their original principles.
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ELLA WHEELER, an American journalist and poet; born in Johnstown Center, Wis., Nov. 5, 1855. She contributed much to current periodicals and to newspapers and her poems were widely copied. Some of her volumes are: "Maurine" (1882); "Poems of Passion" (1883); and "Poems of Pleasure" (1888); "Drops of Water"; "Sweet Danger"; etc. She also published a novel, Mal Moulée" (1885); and numerous other books. She died Oct. 30, 1919.
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OSCAR (FINGAL O'FLA- HERTIE WILLS), an Irish poet; born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1856. Some of his "Poems" (1880); "The Picworks are: ture of Dorian Gray,' ," a novel; "The Happy Prince, and Other Tales" (1888); "Guido Ferranti" (1890), and "The Duchess of Padua," tragedies; "Intentions," essays (1891); "Lord Arthur Savile's Crimes, and Other Stories" (1891); "Lady Windermere's Fan," "A Vol. X 24 Woman of No Importance," and "The Importance of Being Earnest," and other comedies. He died in Paris, Nov. 30, 1900.
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BURT GREEN, an American educator and author, born at Boston, Mass., in 1841. He graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard in 1862, and from the Medical School in 1866. From 1862 to 1865 he was a medical cadet of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry. He was an assistant in comparative anatomy at the Museum of Comparative Zoology from 1866 to 1868, and from 1867 to 1910, was professor of neurology and vertebrate zoölogy at Cornell University. He was appointed emeritus professor in 1910. He made many important researches in the anatomy of the brain, and was the author of "What Young People Should Know" (1875); "Health Notes for Students" (1890); "The Brain of the Sheep" (1903). He also wrote several songs and hymns, and contributed numerous scientific papers to magazines and books of reference.
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MARSHALL PINCKNEY, an American humorist; born in Geneva, N. Y., Sept. 19 19, 1859; received a fair education, and became a stenographer. He soon, however, developed a remarkable ability as a humorist, which was rendered all the more attractive by his diminutive stature; and for several years he was a popular entertainer, especially in private drawing-room gatherings both in the United States and England. He was the author of "People I've Smiled With." He died in 1915.
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a loation in Spottsylvania co., Va., 16 miles W. of Fredericksburg. During the Civil War a sanguinary battle was fought here, May 5 and 6, 1864, between the Nationals under commanded by General Lee, after a terrific struggle, and unprecedented slaughter, particularly on the side of the Nationals, resulted in both sides claiming the victory, General Lee, nevertheless, gradually retiring on Spottsylvania. The National loss amounted to 18,000 men; that of the Confederates to about 11,000.
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HARVEY WASHINGTON, an American chemist and food expert, born at Kent, Ind., in 1844. He graduated from Hanover College in 1867; and studied medicine at the Indiana Medical College. He taught science in the High School of Indianapolis in 1871, and in 1874 was professor of chemistry at Butler University. From 1874 to
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ST. 1883 he was professor of chemistry at Purdue University, and State chemist of Indiana. From 1883 to 1912, he was chief of the Division of Chemistry in the United States Department of Agriculture. By his rigid enforcement of pure food and drug laws, he aroused the antagonism of manufacturers of patent foods and drugs, and they brought charges against him. An investigation by Congress followed and he was completely exonerated. At the time of his employment by the Department of Agriculture, he was also professor of agriculture and chemistry at George Washington University. He He resigned fro from the Department of Agriculture to devote himself to pure food propoganda by public lectures, and as the editor of the magazine, "Good Housekeeping." He was president of the American Chemical Society in 1893, and also served as president and official in many other scientific and learned societies. He wrote many works relating to the chemistry of food. These include "Foods and Their Adulterations" (1911); "Not by Bread Alone" (1915); "Beverages and Their Adulterations" (1919); "Health Readers for Schools" (1919). He also wrote many Government bulletins on subjects relating to food.
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