David Wilkins was a scholar, specialising in Coptic studies. His work on Seldon is characterised as “careless” while his other output mostly involved copying and compiling.
Reference:
Alastair Hamilton, ‘Wilkins, David (1685-1745)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29417 [accessed 31 Aug 2011]).
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