John Wilkins
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John Wilkins was an English Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death.
Bp John Wilkins
An 18th-century engraving of John Wilkins, Chester
Wilkins' signature as Secretary, signing off the 1667 accounts of the Royal Society, from the minutes book
Frontispiece of John Wilkins "An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language" (1668)
Royal Society
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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly referred to as the Royal Society, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils
John Wilkins
…Wilkins (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an English Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. Wilkins is one of the few persons to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and…
Entrance to the Royal Society at 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London
John Evelyn, who helped to found the Royal Society
Mace granted by Charles II
Sir Isaac Newton FRS, President of Royal Society, 1703–1727. Newton was one of the earliest Fellows of the Royal Society, elected in 1672.