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Elias Ashmole
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692) was an English antiquary, politician, and writer, best known for founding the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, one of the first public museums in the world. A passionate collector of antiquities, manuscripts, and natural history specimens, he donated his vast collection to the University of Oxford in 1677. Ashmole was also a significant figure in early Freemasonry and wrote extensively on alchemy and astrology, including his notable work "Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum" (1652), a compilation of English alchemical texts. His interest in these esoteric fields was complemented by his scholarly pursuits in heraldry and antiquarianism.
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THE LIFE OF WILLIAM LILLY, STUDENT IN ASTROLOGY. Wrote by himself in the 66th Year of his Age, at Hersham, in the Parish of Walton-upon-Thames, in the County of Surry. Propria Manu. I was born in the county of Leicester, in an obscure town, in the north-west borders thereof, called Diseworth, seven miles south of the town of Derby, one mile from Castle-Donnington, a town of great rudeness, wherein it...
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