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Wilkens, William, M.A., R.A.
architect; b. 1778; d. Aug. 31, 1839.
The eldest son of Henry Wilkens, the author of a book on Pompeii, published in Rome in 1819. In 1800 he graduated at Caius College, Cambridge. In 1801 he won a traveling scholarship, and spent four years in Greece, asia Minor, and Italy. He erected various buildings in imitation of Greek architecture. Among the many works published by him are The Civil Architecture of Vitruvius, a translation, prefaced by a History of the Rise and Progress of Grecian Architecture (folio, 1812-1817), and Prolusiones Architectonicoe (4to, 1827).
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