William Wilkinson (diplomat)

William Wilkinson (died 1836) was an Englishman appointed as the Levant Company's representative in Bucharest in October 1813;^[1]^[2]^[3] His agency was terminated in 1816.^[4] Despite support for his candidacy from Prince Ioan Caragea, the then hospodar of Wallachia, Wilkinson failed in his attempt to secure appointment as British Consul in Bucharest in 1818.^[1] He wrote a book An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia: With Various Political Observations Relating to Them (1820).^[5] It was one of the books on which Bram Stoker took notes before writing Dracula, and the Romanian name Dracula was taken from it.^[6]^[7]

Wilkinson was later posted to Syros, in 1829, by the Levant Company.^[8] He died in Paris on 23 August 1836.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Florescu, Radu R. (2021), The Struggle Against Russia in the Romanian Principalities, Centre for Romanian Studies, pp. 94 & 95, ISBN 9781592110261
^ Review. - Wilkinson's Wallachia and Moldavia, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 129, 1821 [1]
^ W. G. East (30 June 2011). The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859: An Episode in Diplomatic History. Cambridge University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-107-60131-4.
^ Alfred C. Wood (13 May 2013). A History of the Levant Company. Routledge. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-136-23734-8.
^ An account of the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - William Wilkinson, Longman, 1820 (Google Free eBook)
^ Vesna Goldsworthy (1998). Inventing Ruritania: The Imperialism of the Imagination. Yale University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-300-07312-6.
^ Mark Jenkins (2010). Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend. National Geographic. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-4262-0607-8.
^ Lucia Patrizio Gunning (2009). The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7546-6023-1.
^ The Gentleman's Magazine. R. Newton. 1837. p. 669.

External links

An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia: With Various Political Observations Relating to Them; 1820; at Google Books.

This British diplomat-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Florescu2021-1] Florescu, Radu R. (2021), The Struggle Against Russia in the Romanian Principalities, Centre for Romanian Studies, pp. 94 & 95, ISBN 9781592110261

[2] Review. - Wilkinson's Wallachia and Moldavia, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 129, 1821 [1]

[East2011-3] W. G. East (30 June 2011). The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859: An Episode in Diplomatic History. Cambridge University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-107-60131-4.

[4] Alfred C. Wood (13 May 2013). A History of the Levant Company. Routledge. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-136-23734-8.

[5] An account of the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - William Wilkinson, Longman, 1820 (Google Free eBook)

[6] Vesna Goldsworthy (1998). Inventing Ruritania: The Imperialism of the Imagination. Yale University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-300-07312-6.

[7] Mark Jenkins (2010). Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend. National Geographic. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-4262-0607-8.

[8] Lucia Patrizio Gunning (2009). The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7546-6023-1.

[9] The Gentleman's Magazine. R. Newton. 1837. p. 669.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	Germany United States Norway Poland Israel
Other	IdRef