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'''Samuel Wilberforce''' (1804-1873) was the [[Bishop]] of [[Oxford]], [[England]]. He achieved worldwide renown for opposing the '[[theory of evolution]]' of [[Charles Darwin]]. He died after having fallen off a horse.
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'''Samuel Wilberforce''' (1804-1873) was the [[Bishop]] of [[Oxford]], [[England]]. He is best known for his participation in the famous debate in 1860 on the [[theory of evolution]] with [[T. H. Huxley]].  He was a major figure in the continuation of the Oxford Movement, which sought to introduce the practices of the [[Catholic Church]] into the [[Church of England]]. He was nicknamed "Soapy Sam".
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He was the son of the [[abolitionist|antislavery]] activist [[William Wilberforce]].
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[[Category:Religious People]]
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[[Category:Creationists]]
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