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	Following his installation at Canterbury in 1721 he presented several books to the Cathedral Library.		Following his installation at Canterbury in 1721 he presented several books to the Cathedral Library.

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	'''David Wilkins''' (1685–1745) was a prebendary 1720–1745 (Stall XII).		'''David Wilkins''' (1685–1745) was a prebendary 1720–1745 (Stall XII).
	He ~~had been~~ born in Memel, Prussia, where his father was Bürgermeister,<ref>http://www.rambow.de/geschichte-der-familie-wilkins.html</ref>		He was born David Wilke in Memel, Prussia, where his father was Bürgermeister,<ref>http://www.rambow.de/geschichte-der-familie-wilkins.html</ref> and later anglicised his name to Wilkins.
	Following his arrival in England he had been Archbishop Wake's librarian at Lambeth Palace (1717–1720),<ref>Richard Palmer, ''Catalogues, Shelf Marks and other evidence for the History of Lambeth Palace Library 1610–1785'', 2016, p. 42.</ref> and rector of Mongeham Parva (1716) and Great Chart (1719). He resigned both rectories in 1719 for those of Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh in Suffolk, before obtaining his prebend at Canterbury in 1721. He was appointed reader in Arabic at Cambridge, 1724–1729<ref>{{:cambridge\|WLKS717D}}; Ramsay p.388; {{:CCED\|14317}}; Alastair Hamilton, ‘Wilkins, David (1685–1745)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29417 online edn, Jan 2008] accessed 11 Feb 2010.</ref> but was still active in the Chapter at Canterbury e.g. as Treasurer in 1725-1726.<ref>[http://archives.canterbury-cathedral.org/CalmView/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=AltRefNo&key=CCA-DCc-TB%2f60 CCA-DCc-TB/60]</ref>		Following his arrival in England he had been Archbishop Wake's librarian at Lambeth Palace (1717–1720),<ref>Richard Palmer, ''Catalogues, Shelf Marks and other evidence for the History of Lambeth Palace Library 1610–1785'', 2016, p. 42.</ref> and rector of Mongeham Parva (1716) and Great Chart (1719). He resigned both rectories in 1719 for those of Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh in Suffolk, before obtaining his prebend at Canterbury in 1721. He was appointed reader in Arabic at Cambridge, 1724–1729<ref>{{:cambridge\|WLKS717D}}; Ramsay p.388; {{:CCED\|14317}}; Alastair Hamilton, ‘Wilkins, David (1685–1745)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29417 online edn, Jan 2008] accessed 11 Feb 2010.</ref> but was still active in the Chapter at Canterbury e.g. as Treasurer in 1725-1726.<ref>[http://archives.canterbury-cathedral.org/CalmView/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=AltRefNo&key=CCA-DCc-TB%2f60 CCA-DCc-TB/60]</ref>
	He became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1720.		He became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1720.

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'''David Wilkins''' (1685–1745) was a prebendary 1720–1745 (Stall XII).
He had been born in Memel, Prussia, where his father was Bürgermeister,<ref>http://www.rambow.de/geschichte-der-familie-wilkins.html</ref>
Following his arrival in England he had been Archbishop Wake's librarian at Lambeth Palace (1717–1720),<ref>Richard Palmer, ''Catalogues, Shelf Marks and other evidence for the History of Lambeth Palace Library 1610–1785'', 2016, p. 42.</ref> and rector of Mongeham Parva (1716) and Great Chart (1719). He resigned both rectories in 1719 for those of Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh in Suffolk, before obtaining his prebend at Canterbury in 1721. He was appointed reader in Arabic at Cambridge, 1724–1729<ref>{{:cambridge|WLKS717D}}; Ramsay p.388; {{:CCED|14317}}; Alastair Hamilton, ‘Wilkins, David (1685–1745)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29417 online edn, Jan 2008] accessed 11 Feb 2010.</ref> but was still active in the Chapter at Canterbury e.g. as Treasurer in 1725-1726.<ref>[http://archives.canterbury-cathedral.org/CalmView/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=AltRefNo&key=CCA-DCc-TB%2f60 CCA-DCc-TB/60]</ref>
He became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1720.

During his tenure at Canterbury, he prepared and maintained a handwritten catalogue of the printed books (Ramsay 388; [[David Wilkins's catalogue|CCA-DCc-LA/2/5]]).

Following his installation at Canterbury in 1721 he presented several books to the Cathedral Library.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wilkins_%28orientalist%29 Wikipedia]

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