John Wilkins
(1614–1672)

English clergyman, natural philosopher and author; founder of the metric system and first secretary of the Royal Society in 1660; Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death

John Wilkins

Works

  • The Discovery of a World in the Moone (1638)
  • A Discourse Concerning a New Planet (1640)
  • Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger (1641)(external scan) The first English-language book on cryptography.
  • Ecclesiastes (1646), a plea for a plain style in preaching
  • Mathematical Magick (1648)
  • A Discourse Concerning the Beauty of Providence (1649)
  • A Discourse Concerning the Gift of Prayer: shewing what it is, wherein it consists and how far it is attainable by industry (1651)
  • Vindiciae academiarum (1654), with Seth Ward
  • An Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (London, 1668), in which he proposes a new universal language for the use of natural philosophers. (transcription project)
  • Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion (London, 1675). (transcription project)

Works about Wilkins

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