Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for John Wilkins across 3 places, from 1623 to 1656.
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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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1623year
Canons Ashbyattested“He was probably born at Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, though some sources say Fawsley; his father Walter Wilkins (died 1623) was a goldsmith and his mother Jane Dod was the daughter of John Dod, a well-known conforming Puritan.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
1631 to 1634period
Magdalen Hall, Oxfordattested“He then moved to Magdalen Hall, Oxford where his tutor was John Tombes, and graduated with a BA degree in 1631, an MA degree in 1634.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
1656year
University of Oxfordattested“Possessing strong scientific tastes, Wilkins was a founding member of the Royal Society and was soon elected fellow and one of the Society's two secretaries: he shared the work with Henry Oldenburg, whom he had met in Oxford in 1656.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
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1637year
Fawsleymentioned“Wilkins went to Fawsley in 1637, a sheep-farming place with little population, dominated by the Knightley family, to whom he and then Dod may have ministered; Richard Knightley had been Dod's patron there.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
February 1638month
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxfordmentioned“He was ordained a priest of the Church of England in Christ Church Cathedral in February 1638.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
1644year
Englandmentioned“In 1644 he became chaplain to Prince Charles Louis, nephew of King Charles I, who was then in England.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
1645year
Royal Societymentioned“This London group, the Gresham College group of 1645, was described much later by Wallis, who mentions also Theodore Haak, anchoring it also to the Palatine exiles; there are clear connections to the Wilkins Oxford Philosophical Club, an…”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
1646year
Londonmentioned“Wilkins was one of the group of savants, interested in experimental philosophy, who gathered round Charles Scarburgh, the royalist physician who arrived in London in summer 1646 after the fall of Oxford to the parliamentarian forces.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
1648year
University of Oxfordmentioned“In 1648 Wilkins became Warden of Wadham College in Oxford, and under him the college prospered.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
1653 to 1658period
Christ Church, Oxfordmentioned“Robert Hooke was gradually recruited into the Wilkins group: he arrived at Christ Church, Oxford in 1653, working his way to an education, became assistant to Willis, became known to Wilkins (possibly via Richard Busby) as a technician,…”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
1661year
Gray's Innmentioned“In 1661, he was reduced to preacher at Gray's Inn, lodging with his friend Seth Ward.”source: Wikipedia: John Wilkins
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