Elias Ashmole (original) (raw)

May 23, 1617 - May 18 or 19, 1692Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, Elias Ashmole was a chemist and antiquarian. Ashmole included in his diary reference to his having been a member of a Masonic Lodge. The dates for these meetings are placed at 16 October 1646, and again on 11 March, 1682. He was deeply interested in the medicinal uses of plants and a member of the Royal Society in 1661, although not active. Initiated: October 16, 1646 Source: Ars Quatuor Coronatorum Vols. 11, 78, 65, 25.