Sir Charles Wilkins | |
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.jpg) Charles Wilkins, in an mezzotint engraving by John Sartain, after a painting by James Godsell Middleton. Published in 1830. | |
| Born | 1749 |
| Died | 13 May 1836 (aged 86–87) |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | England |
| Occupation(s) | Orientalist, typographer |
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 the Bhagavad Gita into English. He is also the first person to introduce the term Hinduism which would refer to all the different mythologies and cultures of which were existing in India as one. He supervised Panchanan Karmakar to create one[1] of the first Bengali typefaces.[2][3] In 1788, Wilkins was elected a member of the Royal Society.[4]
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- ^ Ross, Fiona G. E. (1999). The printed Bengali character and its evolution. Curzon. ISBN 070071135X. OCLC 40588429.
- ^ "Wilkins, Sir Charles". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 13 October 2015.