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John Wilkins

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Profession
Essayist
Died
Nov 19, 1672
Zodiac
Capricorn
Born in
England
About
Seventeenth-century British clergyman, natural philosopher, and author. He is perhaps best remembered for his 1668 work, "An Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language," which argues for the establishment of a global language and a universal measurement system.
Family
He was born to an English goldsmith. After his father died and his mother remarried, he became the half-brother of astronomer and poet Walter Pope.

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