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 |