Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873) was an English bishop in the Church of England. Known as "Soapy Sam"; he was one of the greatest public speakers of his day. He is probably best remembered today for his opposition to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution - most notably at a legendary debate in 1860. In 1830, he was presented by Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester to the rectory of Brighstone in the Isle of Wight. At the close of 1837 he published the Letters and Journals of Henry Martyn. In 1839 he also published Eucharistica (from the old English divines), to which he wrote an introduction, Agathos and Other Sunday Stories, and a volume of University Sermons, and in the following year Rocky Island and Other Parables. In 1841, he was chosen Bampton lecturer, and shortly afterwards made chaplain to Prince Albert. In 1843, he was appointed by the archbishop of York to be sub-almoner to the Queen. In 1844 his A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America appeared. In 1854, he opened a theological college at Cuddesdon, now known as Ripon College (Cuddesdon).