Robert Plot ( 1640 - 1696 )

Birth: Borden, Kent, England (before 13 December 1640) Death: Sutton Barne, Borden, Kent (30 April 1696) Burial: Borden church, Kent Profession: Antiquary Herald Research Field: Natural history, archaeology, chemistry Education: Free School at Wye, Kent; Magdalen Hall, Oxford; BA (1661), MA (1664), BCL (1671), DCL (1671) Career: First Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1683-1690); Professor of Chemistry, Oxford University (1683); Secretary to the Earl Marshal, Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (FRS 1672) (1687); Registrar of the Court of Chivalry (1687); Historiographer Royal (1688); Mowbray Herald Extraordinary (1694); died of the stone Memberships: Oxford Philosophical Society Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/12/1677 Council: Sec 1682-1684; Council 1680, 1682-1683, 1687-1688, 1692, 1694 Editor Phil.