Thursday, November 22, 2012

Elias Ashomole, antiquary, whose collection was the basis for the Ashmolean Museum

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Elias Ashomole, antiquary, whose collection was the basis for the Ashmolean Museum

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Elias Ashmole (23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692), was a celebrated English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices.

Ashmole was an antiquary with a strong Baconian bent for

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