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.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Sir_Charles_Wilkins_%281749_%E2%80%93_1836%29.jpg)
Sir Charles Wilkins (1749 – 13 May 1836) was an English typographer and Orientalist, and founding member of The Asiatic Society. He is notable as the first translator of ''Bhagavad Gita'' into English. He is also the first person to introduce the term Hinduism which would refer to all the different mythologies and cultures of which were existing in India as one. He supervised Panchanan Karmakar to create one of the first Bengali typefaces. In 1788, Wilkins was elected a member of the Royal Society.
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