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Wilberforce

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Wilberforce ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from Wilberfoss in North Yorkshire, so called from the Old English female personal name Wilburg (see Wilbur) + Old English foss ‘ditch’ (Latin fossa). It was taken up as a given name in honour of the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce (1759–1833). It is now sometimes taken as an extended form of Wilbur.

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Wilberforce

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Wilberforce, Australia, Canada, USA Named after William Wilberforce (1759–1833), a British politician and philanthropist well‐known for his endeavours to abolish the slave trade and the slavery present in British possessions overseas.

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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Wilberforce." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Wilberforce.html

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Wilberforce

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Wilberforce •coarse, corse, course, divorce, endorse (US indorse), enforce, force, gorse, hoarse, horse, morse, Norse, perforce, reinforce, sauce, source, torse •Wilberforce • workforce • packhorse •carthorse • racehorse • sea horse •hobby horse • Whitehorse •sawhorse, warhorse •clothes horse • shire horse •workhorse • racecourse • concourse •intercourse • watercourse •outsource

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	William Wilberforce: A Biography.(Book review) Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/2008
	An HBCU transformed: Wilberforce, the nation's oldest private Black college,... Magazine article from: Diverse Issues in Higher Education; 6/15/2006
	The Force Behind Wilberforce Magazine article from: The American Spectator; 3/1/2007