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Robert Plot

English scientist

PersonDied aged 55humanQ889609

Born: December 13, 1640
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Died: April 30, 1696
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Birthplace: Sutton Baron And Sutton Baron Hall
Place of death: Kent
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Occupation: naturalist
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1.Stated in Plot, Robert (DNB00)
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, archaeologist
, chemist
+2 more
Positions held: museum director
Education: Magdalen Hall
, Hertford College

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Robert Plot 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.

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TThe natural history of Oxford-shire : being an essay toward the natural history of England1677 · Printed at the Theater in Oxford,And are to be had there and in London at Mr. S. Millers, at the Star neat the West-end of St. Pauls Church-yard,1677. | Smithsonian Libraries

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Sex or gender: male
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society
Given name: Robert
Member of: Royal Society of London(since 1677)
Family name: Plot

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