John Wilkins (1614-01-01 - 1672-11-19), an English clergyman, is the only person to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He married Oliver Cromwell's sister, Robina. He was the first secretary of the Royal Society from its first meeting in 1660. He served as Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. Wikipedia
...Biographies in John Aubrey's Brief Lives John Aubrey (1626 - 1695) made a collection of notes, anecdotes and gossip about his contemporaries which are gathered together... www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Aubrey.html
Translated from the Spanish 'El idioma analtico de John Wilkins' by Lilia Graciela Vzquez; edited by Jan Frederik Solem with assistance from Bjrn Are Davidsen and Rolf Andersen. www.alamut.com/subj/artiface/language/johnWilkins.html
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The man behind the lunar mission was Dr John Wilkins, scientist, theologian and brother-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. www.independent.co.uk//eceRedirect?articleId=27752&pu...
Father Occupation: Merchant His father was a goldsmith (which I take to mean a merchant) who died when Wilkins was eleven. galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/wilkins.html