Wilkins, John, bishop of Chester, born in Northamptonshire; married Oliver Cromwell's sister; wrote mathematical treatises, a curious one in particular, “Discovery of a New World,” and was one of the founders of the Royal Society (1614‒1672).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Wilkie, Sir David * Wilkinson, Sir John