Thomas Kirke ( 1650 - 1706 )

Birth: 22 December 1650 Death: 24 April 1706 Profession: Virtuoso Education: Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1668) Career: Justice of the Peace; accompanied his distant relative and close friend Ralph Thoresby (FRS 1697) on his antiquarian travels; with his son, Thomas (died 1709), built up a fine library and museum which were sold in 1710.