Charles Wilkins ( 1749 - 1836 )

Birth: Frome, Somerset (1749) Death: 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 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/06/1788.