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-In 1638, thirty years before the publication of his magnum opus ''[[An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language]]'', and his ordination as Bishop of Chester, the twenty-four year-old [[John Wilkins]] wrote a brief, speculative volume entitled [[The Discovery of a World in the Moone, or, a Discourse Tending to Prove, that ’tis probable there may be another habitable World in that Planet]]. +'''John Wilkins''' (1 January 1614–19 November 1672) was an [[Anglican ministry|English clergyman]], [[natural philosophy|natural philosopher]] and author, a founder of the [[Royal Society]], and [[Bishop of Chester]] from 1668 until his death.
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 +Wilkins is one of the few persons to have headed a college at both the [[University of Oxford]] and the [[University of Cambridge]]. He was a polymath, although not one of the most important scientific innovators of the period. His personal qualities were brought out, and obvious to his contemporaries, in reducing political tension in [[English Interregnum|Interregnum]] Oxford, in founding the Royal Society on non-partisan lines, and in efforts to reach out to religious [[nonconformist]]s. He was one of the founders of the new [[natural theology]] compatible with the science of the time.
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 +He is particularly known for ''[[An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language]]'' in which, amongst other things, he proposed a [[universal language]] and a decimal system of measure not unlike the modern metric system.
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 +==Works==
 +His numerous written works include:
 +*''[[The Discovery of a World in the Moone]]'' (1638)
 +*''A Discourse Concerning a New Planet'' (1640)
 +*''[[Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger]]'' (1641), the first English-language book on [[cryptography]]
 +*''Ecclesiastes'' (1646)
 +*''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 philosopher]]s.
 +*[[Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion]] (London, 1675)[http://www.archive.org/details/principlesanddu01lloygoog].
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John Wilkins (1 January 1614–19 November 1672) was an English clergyman, natural philosopher and author, a founder of the Royal Society, and Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death.

Wilkins is one of the few persons to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He was a polymath, although not one of the most important scientific innovators of the period. His personal qualities were brought out, and obvious to his contemporaries, in reducing political tension in Interregnum Oxford, in founding the Royal Society on non-partisan lines, and in efforts to reach out to religious nonconformists. He was one of the founders of the new natural theology compatible with the science of the time.

He is particularly known for An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language in which, amongst other things, he proposed a universal language and a decimal system of measure not unlike the modern metric system.

Works

His numerous written works include:


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