Wilkins, Charles
Record IDcnp01330716
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Biographical Data1749 - 1836
Place of BirthFrome
Place of DeathLondon
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
Orientaliste, vécut au Bengale, y créa une imprimerie avec des caractères typographiques orientaux. Premier vrai connaisseur du sanskrit et traducteur de la Bhagavadgītā. Fondateur de la Société asiatique du Bengal (en 1784). Directeur des bibliothèques, India House Library (en 1800) ; East India Company (en 1801). Traduisait du sanskrit en anglais.
Engl. Orientalist; Literaturwissenschaftler, Sanskritforscher; Schriftsteller.
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Further Biographical DataFrome, 1749?-London, 1836
XX.XX.1749-13.05.1836
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
Translator ofSanskrit
ActivityLiteraturwissenschaftler (gnd)
Orientalist (gnd)
Schriftsteller (gnd)
Sanskritforscher
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
NationalityBritish
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Place of DeathLondon
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HeadingWilkins, Charles
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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Found inBibliothèque nationale, Grande-Bretagne : Wilkins, Charles (1749?-1836 - http://www.bl.uk (2015-06-02). — DNB : Wilkins (Sir Charles, né en 1749 ou 1750). — Dictionnaire universel des traducteurs / Henri Van Hoof, 1993. — BN Cat. gén.. — LoC-NA. — The Bhâgavât-Gēēta, or Dialogues of Krĕĕshnă and Ărjŏŏn /translated [from Sanskrit] by Charles Wilkins, 1785. — Fables and proverbs from the Sanskrit : being the Hitopadesa / translated by Charles Wilkins; with an introd. by Henry Morley (editor), 1886
Imprint SourcesA grammar of the Sanskrĭta language. - 1808
Jones, William: Containing the miscellaneous pieces .... - 1792
Le Bhaguat-Geeta ou dialogues de Kreeshna et d'Arjoon. - 1787
Richardson, John: A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic and English
The Radicals of the Sanskrita Language. - 1815
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Sir Charles Wilkins (1749 - 1836)
[John Sartain, John Sartain (1808-1897), Engraver. Published by Moon, Boys & Graves (active 1829-1834), Publishers. After James Godsell Middleton (circa 1805-1874), Painter. Mezzotint, published 1 January 1830 / National Portrait Gallery -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir Charles Wilkins (1749 - 1836).jpg]
[John Sartain, John Sartain (1808-1897), Engraver. Published by Moon, Boys & Graves (active 1829-1834), Publishers. After James Godsell Middleton (circa 1805-1874), Painter. Mezzotint, published 1 January 1830 / National Portrait Gallery -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir Charles Wilkins (1749 - 1836).jpg]
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