| Last name | Roscoe |
| First name | William |
| Display name | William Roscoe |
| Birth date | 1753 |
| Death date | 1831 |
| Birth place | liver |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | British Government |
| Bio notes | English historian, leading early abolitionist, art collector, Parliament member, lawyer, banker, botanist, and writer. Corresponded with Thomas Eddy about prison reform. |