See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• WILKINS, GEORGE (ii. 1607)
• WILKINS, JOHN (1614-1672)
• WILKINS, MARY ELEANOR (1862– )
• SIR CHARLES WILKINS (1749?-1836)

WILKINS (1749?-1836)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English Orientalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FROME

Frome, See also:

• SOMERSETSHIRE

Somersetshire, probably in 1749, and in 1770 he went to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India as a writer in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's service . He was soon attracted to the study of See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, particularly See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit, and did an important See also:

• WORK

work towards facilitating such study by See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding a See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press for these languages, taking a large See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical work of preparing the type . He returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1786, but continued his study of Sanskrit, and he afterwards became librarian to the East India Company, and examiner at Haileybury on the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college there in 1805 . See also:

• WILKINS, GEORGE (ii. 1607)
• WILKINS, JOHN (1614-1672)
• WILKINS, MARY ELEANOR (1862– )
• WILKINS, SIR CHARLES (1749?-1836)

Wilkins was knighted in 1833 in recognition of his services to Oriental scholarship, and he died in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1836 . He was a See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of learning with which his name was associated, being the first Englishman to acquire mastery of Sanskrit, and to make a thorough study of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions in that script . He compiled a Sanskrit See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and published several See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from the sacred books of the East, besides preparing a new edition of See also:

• RICHARDSON, GEORGE
• RICHARDSON, HENRY HOBSON (1838-1886)
• RICHARDSON, SAMUEL (1689-1761)
• RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN (1787-1865)

Richardson's See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian and Arabic See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary, and a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of the See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts collected by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones, who acknowledged his indebtedness to Wilkins, and whom the latter assisted in founding the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal .