Ralph Thoresby ( 1658 - 1725 )

Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England (16 August 1658) Death: 16 October 1725 Burial: In the chancel of St Peter's, the parish church, Leeds, Yorkshire Profession: Antiquary Merchant Research Field: Botany; Antiquities Education: Leeds Grammar School; in the household of his relative, John Dickenson, Merchant of London Career: Travelled to Rotterdam (1678); carried on the family business after the death of his father (1679); Member of the Incorporated Society of Merchant Adventurers trading to Hamburg (1684); a Nonconformist as a young man, he conformed to the Church of England (1699); retired from business (1705); assembled a 'Museum of Rarities' which, with his library, was sold at auction after the death of his son, Ralph Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1697.