1749 - 1836
Charles Wilkins British Designer
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Charles Wilkins is a member of the following lists: Fellows of the Royal Society, Typographers and type designers and British people in colonial India.
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| First Name |
Charles
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| Last Name |
Wilkins
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1748
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| Birthplace |
1749
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| Died |
13th May, 1836
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Orientalist, typographer
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| Occupation |
Designer
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Sir Charles Wilkins, KH, FRS (1749 – 13 May 1836), was an English typographer and Orientalist, and founding member of The Asiatic Society. He is notable as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English, and as the creator (assisted by engraver Panchanan Karmakar) of the first Bengali typeface. In 1788, Wilkins was elected a member of the Royal Society.
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