Charles Wilkins

Charles Wilkins, in an [[mezzotint]] engraving by [[John Sartain]], after a painting by [[:Commons:Category:James Godsell Middleton|James Godsell Middleton]]. Published in 1830. Sir Charles Wilkins (1749 – 13 May 1836) was an English typographer and scholar who co-founded The Asiatic Society. He is notable as the first translator of the Bhagavad Gita into English. He supervised Panchanan Karmakar to create one of the first Bengali typefaces. In 1788, Wilkins was elected a member of the Royal Society. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Fables and proverbs from the sanskrit being the hitopadesa
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