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Lionel Robert Wilberforce
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Lionel Robert Wilberforce

Birth
Munich, Stadtkreis München, Bavaria, Germany
Death
1 Apr 1944 (aged 83)
Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
Cenotaph
Borrowdale, Allerdale Borough, Cumbria, England Add to Map
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TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Admitted pens. at TRINITY, June 11, 1879. Eldest son of Edward Wilberforce, barrister, of Elmhurst, Spring Grove, Isleworth, Middlesex (and Fannie, daughter of Alexander Flash, of New Orleans, U.S.A.). Born April 18th 1861, at Munich, Bavaria. Schools, City and Guilds College and London International College. Matric. Michs. 1879; Scholar, 1880; (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1881; 13th Wrangler, 1883); B.A. 1884; M.A. 1887. Assistant Demonstrator in experimental physics, 1887-91; Demonstrator, 1891-1900; University Lecturer, 1900. Professor of Physics at Liverpool University, 1900-35. Married, Aug. 13, 1891, Margaret, 2nd dau. of the Rev. W. Raynes, Fellow of Clare. Died Apr. 1, 1944, in London.

Married Margaret Raynes on 13th August 1891 at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Lionel Robert Wilberforce of 5 Ashfield Road, Aigburgh, Liverpool, died on 1st April 1944 at 2 York Terrace, Kensington Church Street, London. Probate granted on 14th June 1944 at LLandudno to Evelyn Agnes Fannie Wrangham, widow, and Cuthbert Edward Wrangham, civil servant.
This is a cenotaph. View Actual burial here

TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Admitted pens. at TRINITY, June 11, 1879. Eldest son of Edward Wilberforce, barrister, of Elmhurst, Spring Grove, Isleworth, Middlesex (and Fannie, daughter of Alexander Flash, of New Orleans, U.S.A.). Born April 18th 1861, at Munich, Bavaria. Schools, City and Guilds College and London International College. Matric. Michs. 1879; Scholar, 1880; (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1881; 13th Wrangler, 1883); B.A. 1884; M.A. 1887. Assistant Demonstrator in experimental physics, 1887-91; Demonstrator, 1891-1900; University Lecturer, 1900. Professor of Physics at Liverpool University, 1900-35. Married, Aug. 13, 1891, Margaret, 2nd dau. of the Rev. W. Raynes, Fellow of Clare. Died Apr. 1, 1944, in London.

Married Margaret Raynes on 13th August 1891 at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Lionel Robert Wilberforce of 5 Ashfield Road, Aigburgh, Liverpool, died on 1st April 1944 at 2 York Terrace, Kensington Church Street, London. Probate granted on 14th June 1944 at LLandudno to Evelyn Agnes Fannie Wrangham, widow, and Cuthbert Edward Wrangham, civil servant.

Inscription

In Memory Of / LIONEL ROBERT WILBERFORCE, / Emeritus Professor Of Physics / At Liverpool University / And Great Grandson Of WILLIAM WILBERFORCE / The Emancipator / Whose Truly Christian Spirit / He Inherited. / He Worshipped In This Church / For Many Years / And Loved This Countryside

I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills / From Whence Cometh My Help.

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