![]() ![]() ![]() In 1644 he enters service for Charles Louis, but this arrangement seems to stem from a congruent interest in science rather than religion. He then began a period in which he served as a priest, and by 1641 Wilkins was the private chaplain to George, eighth Lord Berkely in London. Wilkins leaves Oxford in 1637 following the introduction of Laudian Arminianism at Magalen Hall. Wilkins graduated at New Inn Hall, Oxford in 1627, after which he proceeded to Magdalen Hall where he earned his BA and MA (in 16 respectively). After his father’s death, Wilkin’s mother married Francis Pope, and they had a son, Walter, who would later become successor to Christopher Wren. John Wilkins was born in 1614 to Walter and Jane Wilkins in Northamptonshire. ![]()
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