| Authorised form of name | Wilkins; William (1778 - 1839) |
| Dates | 1778 - 1839 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Date of birth | 31 August 1778 |
| Place of death | At his residence 'Lensfield' Cambridge |
| Date of death | 31 August 1839 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Under the sacrarium of the chapel of Corpus Christi, Cambridge |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1831 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1839 No 40 pp 176-177 |
| Code | NA643 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/15/457 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 October 1897 |
| NLB/15/438 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 October 1897 |
| EC/1831/17 | Wilkins, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/10/97 | Letters, 'An appearance of light like a star, seen in the dark part of the moon, 7 March 1794' from William Wilkins to Nevil Maskelyne | 17 April 1794 |