Augustus Samuel Wilkins
1843–1905
Classical scholar. Excelled as a scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge, but as a nonconformist, was unable to take up a fellowship. Lecturer in Latin, Owens College, Manchester, 1868; professor, 1869–1903. Gave popular lectures on literary topics throughout Lancashire. A strong supporter of the claims of women to equal educational rights with men.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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