historian
Elias Ashmole.
English antiquarian, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and alchemist (1617-1692)
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About Elias Ashmole
Elias Ashmole was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer, freemason and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, serving in the artillery of Lord Astley's Regiment of Foot. He held the military rank of a captain. At the restoration of Charles II, Ashmole was rewarded with several lucrative offices. In his later years, he collected notes on his life in diary form to serve as source material for a biography. His diary was posthumously published in 1717.
Everything about Elias Ashmole →- Occupation
- historian, astrologer, politician
- Position held
- Windsor Herald
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- May 23, 1617, 1617
- Died
- May 18, 1692, 1692