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John Wilkins, 1614-1672. Early modern philosopher and scientist. He is the first person known to have made a systematic proposal for a wholly artificial language, for the needs of philosophers.

Resources in This Category

• Bishop John Wilkins

  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/wilkins/wilkins.html
  Concise information on this first president of the Royal Society.

• Catalog of the Scientific Community: Wilkins, John

  http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/wilkins.html
  The facts of his life, compiled as part of the Galileo Project.

• MacTutor History of Mathematics: John Wilkins

  http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Wilkins.html
  Bibliography, poster, and biography with extensive quotes and links.

• The Analytical Language of John Wilkins

  http://www.alamut.com/subj/artiface/language/johnWilkins.html
  Article by Jorge Luis Borges on this unusual English thinker.

• Wikipedia: John Wilkins

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkins
  Article from this openly-edited encyclopedia.

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