Wilkinson, Richard James
(1867–1941)
- J. M. Gullick
Extract
Wilkinson, Richard James (1867–1941), colonial administrator and Malay scholar, was born on 29 May 1867 at Salonika, the eldest son of the British consul, Richard Wilkinson (d. 1894), and his wife, Jane Whittall. He spent much of his boyhood in Spain, where his father was consul at ...