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John Wilkins
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Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 38
Top works
- Galen
- On the Properties of Foodstuffs
- Brief summary of suit, for nullity of marriage
- Autobiography of an English Gamekeeper
- Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 53
- Total plays
- 197
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,214x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,472x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,874x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,518x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,113x
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Key facts
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chester
- In office
- 1668–1672 (death)
- Predecessor
- George Hall
- Successor
- John Pearson
- Other post
- Dean of Ripon (1663–1672)
- Consecration
- 15 November 1668, by Gilbert Sheldon
- Born
- ( 1614-02-14 ) 14 February 1614 , Fawsley, Northamptonshire
- Died
- 19 November 1672 (1672-11-19) (aged 58), Chancery Lane , London
- Buried
- St Lawrence Jewry , London
- Denomination
- Anglican
- Spouse
- Robina Cromwell (m.1656)
- Profession
- Clergyman , natural philosopher , author, administrator
- Alma mater
- New Inn Hall , Oxford , Magdalen Hall, Oxford
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Fawsley
- Place of death
- Chester
- Occupation
- priest
- Position held
- Master
- Educated at
- Magdalen College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- Bp John Wilkins.jpg
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- date of death
- 1672-11-19
- Commons category
- John Wilkins
- member of
- Royal Society
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons gallery
- John Wilkins
- name in native language
- John Wilkins
- date of birth
- 1614-02-14
- writing language
- English language
- diocese
- Diocese of Chester
- place of burial
- St Lawrence Jewry, London
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- John Wilkins
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
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John Wilkins (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an English Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death.
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