| Authorised form of name | Wilkins; Sir; Charles (1749 - 1836) |
| Dates | 1749 - 1836 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Frome, Somerset |
| Date of birth | 1749 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 13 May 1836 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Portland Town chapel |
| Activity | Education:
DCL (Oxford, 1805); LLD (King's College, Aberdeen, 1805)
Career:
Served in the HEIC, as a writer in Bengal (1770); established a printing press for oriental languages (1778); co-founded, with Sir William Jones (FRS 1772), the Asiatic Society (1784); returned to England (1786); continued to study Sanskrit; librarian with the HEIC (1800); Examiner and Visitor to the Company's College and Haileybury
Honours:
Kt 1833
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1788 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1836 No 27 p 435-436
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 |
| Code | NA6236 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004911 | Wilkins, Sir Charles | nd |
| IM/004912 | Wilkins, Sir Charles | nd |
| EC/1788/09 | Wilkins, Sir Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/18/142 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Rev R B Raffles, 86 St Stephen's Avenue, Shepherd's Bush, W. | 23 January 1899 |
| L&P/11/70 | Paper, 'Catalogue of 56 oriental MSS presented to the Royal Society by Sir William Jones' by Charles Wilkins | 1798 |