Personal Life
Born in Sydney in 1892, the son of Middlesex cricketer William Wilkinson, who was in practice as a doctor in the city, he was educated firstly at Eton College before leaving to finish his schooling back in Australia. He first visited Austria in 1906, beginning a long connection with that country. He eventually attended Oxford University between 1910 and 1914, representing them at cricket and hurdling. He died in Sussex in 1983, aged 90.
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