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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. (From Wikipedia) More about Charles Wilkins:
| | Books by Charles Wilkins: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836, trans.: The Bhăgvăt-Gēētā, or Dialogues of Krĕĕshnă and Ărjŏŏn: In Eighteen Lectures, With Notes (London: Printed for C. Nourse, 1785)- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836, trans.: The Bhagvat-Geeta: or, Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon, in Eighteen Lectures, With Notes (Kolkata: Printed at the Bengal Superior Press, 1845), ed. by G. P. C. (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836, trans.: Le Bhaguat-Geeta: ou, Dialogues de Kreeshna et d'Arjoon, Contenant un Précis de la Religion et de la Morale des Indiens (Parraud's French translation of Wilkins's English translation; Paris: Buisson, 1787), also trans. by J. P. Parraud (multiple formats at archive.org)
Additional books by Charles Wilkins in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: The Bhagavat-geeta, or, Dialogues of Krishna and Arjoon : in eighteen lectures : Sanscrit, Canarese, and English in parallel columns (Wesleyan Mission Press, 1846), also by John Garrett, R. D. Griffith, August Wilhelm von Schlegel, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and Warren Hastings (page images at HathiTrust)- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: The Bhagvat-geeta, 1785 (Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1959) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: The Bhăgvăt-gēētā, or, Dialogues of Krĕĕshnă and Ărjŏŏn (Reprinted for G.P. Philes, 1867), also by East India Company (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: The Bhăgvăt-gēētā, or, Dialogues of Krĕĕshnă and Ărjŏŏn : in eighteen lectures; with notes. Translated from the original, in the Sănskrĕĕt ... (Religio-philosophical publishing house, 1871), also by East India Company (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: Fables and proverbs from the Sanskrit, being the Hitopadesa (G. Routledge and sons, 1888), also by Henry Morley (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: Fables and proverbs from the Sanskrit : being the Hitopadesa (G. Routledge, 1885), also by Henry Morley, Ballantyne Press, and George Routledge and Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: Fables and proverbs from the Sanskrit : being the Hitopadésa (G. Routledge and Sons, 1886), also by Henry Morley (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: Kuhantarīn farhang-i Inglīsī bih Fārsī (Rawzanah, 1999), also by John Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836: A vocabulary Persian, Arabic, and English : abridged from the quarto edition of Richardson's dictionary as edited by Charles Wilkins (London : [Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.] for F. and C. Rivington, [etc.], 1810., 1810), also by David Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
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