Robert Plot | |
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Born | |
Died | 30 April 1696 England | (aged 55)
Occupation(s) | Professor of Chemistry Museum keeper |
Known for | First Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford; first keeper of the Asmolean Museum |
Academic background | |
Education | Wye Free School |
Alma mater | Magdalen Hall, Oxford University College, Oxford |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Chemist |
Institutions | University of Oxford Ashmolean Museum |
Notable works | The Natural History of Oxford-shire (1677) De origine fontium (1684) |
Robert Plot (13 December 1640 – 30 April 1696) was an English naturalist and antiquarian who was the first professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.