Bible Encyclopedias

Wilkes, Charles
american naval officer; made explorations in the southern ocean in 1861; boarded on the high seas the british mail-steamer trent , and carried off two confederate commissioners accredited to france, who were afterwards released on the demand of the british government (1798-1877).

Wilkes, John
A notable figure in the English political world of the 18th century, born in Clerkenwell, son of a distiller; was elected M.P. for Aylesbury in 1761;