Thomas Fowell Buxton

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Thomas Fowell Buxton was a British politician, social reformer, and leading abolitionist who played a central role in the campaign to end slavery throughout the British Empire.

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Generate an image of Thomas Fowell Buxton (Thomas Fowell Buxton was a British politician, social reformer, and leading abolitionist who played a central role in the campaign to end slavery throughout the British Empire.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
advocatedFor improvement of conditions for prisoners ⓘ
reform of criminal law ⓘ
associatedWith British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Gurney family ⓘ
birthDate 1786-04-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Castle Hedingham ⓘ
England ⓘ
Essex ⓘ
burialPlace Norfolk ⓘ
Overstrand ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBaronet 1840 ⓘ
deathDate 1845-02-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Greenwich ⓘ
Trinity College, Dublin ⓘ
endTime 1837 ⓘ
familyName Buxton ⓘ
fatherInLaw John Gurney ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Baronet ⓘ
knownFor campaigning for the abolition of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
leadership in the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
name Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
notableAchievement instrumental role in the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
notableWork The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
brewer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ⓘ
publicationDate 1839 ⓘ
relative Elizabeth Fry ⓘ
religion Quakerism ⓘ
residence Norfolk ⓘ
Northrepps Hall ⓘ
spouse Hannah Gurney ⓘ
startTime 1818 ⓘ
succeeded William Wilberforce as parliamentary leader of the abolitionist movement ⓘ
title Sir ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → keySupporter → Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
Thomas Fowell Buxton → name → Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy → author → Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton → grandfather → Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet ⓘ
subject linked to: The Viscount Buxton
linked to: Thomas Fowell Buxton
Buxton Memorial Fountain → namedAfter → Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
Buxton Memorial Fountain → honours → Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
Buxton family → hasNotableMember → Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Fowell Buxton
Buxton family → hasNotableMember → Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Fowell Buxton
Francis William Buxton → father → Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet ⓘ
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Truman Brewery → keyPerson → Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
Edward North Buxton → child → Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet ⓘ
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Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton → grandfather → Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Fowell Buxton