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John Wilkins FRS (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. [4] He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death.
The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.. The diocese extends across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was formerly the Benedictine Abbey of Saint ...
A Sermon preached at the Visitation of John [Wilkins], Lord Bishop of Chester,' London, 1677 (B.M.) Conjectura circa Έπινομῂν D. Clementis Romani, cui subjiciuntur Castigationes in Epiphanium et Petavium de Eucharistica, de Cœlibatu Clericorum et de Orationibus pro vitâ functis. Autore Jacobo de Ardenna, 1683 (Bodleian).
Upon the death of John Wilkins in 1672, Pearson was appointed bishop of Chester. He died at Chester on 16 July 1686, and is buried in Chester Cathedral. Theology
Pages in category "Bishops of Chester" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. ... Brian Walton (bishop) Victor Whitsey; John Wilkins
Henry Ferne, Bishop 1662 Escutcheon: Party per bend indented Argent and Gules a crescent for difference. George Hall, Bishop 1662–1668 Escutcheon: Sable three talbots' heads erased Argent langued Gules. John Wilkins, Bishop 1668–1672 Escutcheon: Argent on a pale engrailed cotised plain Sable, three martlets Or. John Pearson, Bishop 1673–1686
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The first edition cover page. An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (London, 1668) is the best-remembered of the numerous works of John Wilkins, in which he expounds a new universal language, meant primarily to facilitate international communication among scholars, but envisioned for use by diplomats, travelers, and merchants as well.