![]() ![]() He was taught his Latin and Greek by Edward Sylvester, a noted Grecian, who kept a Private School in the Parish of All Saints in Oxford: His Proficiency was such, that at Thirteen Years of Age he entered a Student in New-Inn, in Easter-Term 1627. John's early education is described in in the following way:. John's stepfather then became Francis Pope and a son of this marriage, Walter Pope, remained a close friend of John Wilkins throughout his life. Walter Wilkins died in 1625 while John was still a boy and Jane remarried. ![]() Walter Wilkins married Jane Dod, the daughter of the Puritan minister John Dod, and John was one of their four children. He was much for trying of experiments, and his head ran much upon the perpetual motion. a very ingenious man with a very mechanical head. John Wilkins's father was Walter Wilkins, a goldsmith from Oxford. ![]()
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