Person Wilkins; Sir; Charles (1749 - 1836) Wilkins Charles Sir 1749 - 1836 British Male Frome, Somerset 1749 London 13 May 1836 Burial: Portland Town chapel

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 Fellow 12/06/1788 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 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-11374 1749 or 1750 - 13 May 1836 NA6236 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 52c16da8-20f5-4790-b7fa-6e471e7f8f5d