OCCULTIST

Elias Ashmole

1617 - 1692

Elias Ashmole

Elias Ashmole (23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692) was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer, freemason and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices. Ashmole was an antiquary with a strong Baconian leaning towards the study of nature. His library reflected his intellectual outlook, including works on English history, law, numismatics, chorography, alchemy, astrology, astronomy and botany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elias Ashmole is the 24th most popular occultist (up from 33rd in 2019), the 1,318th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,960th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Occultist.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Elias Ashmole ranks 24 out of 41. Before him are Edward Kelley, Gérard Encausse, Guido von List, Erik Jan Hanussen, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, and Robert Fludd. After him are Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Nina Kulagina, Alice Bailey, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Stanislas de Guaita, and Charles Webster Leadbeater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1617, Elias Ashmole ranks 5. Before him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 5th Dalai Lama, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Gerard ter Borch. After him are Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Richard Lovelace, Emanuel de Witte, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Leopoldo de' Medici, Adil Giray, and Yun Hyu. Among people deceased in 1692, Elias Ashmole ranks 2. Before him is Maria Antonia of Austria. After him are Emanuel de Witte, Wang Fuzhi, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Heinrich Bach, Christian Louis I, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Cornelis Bloemaert, and Thomas Shadwell.

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PAINTER
1617 - 1682
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Rank: 1
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1617 - 1682
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Rank: 2
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POLITICIAN
1617 - 1680
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 3
Gerard ter Borch
PAINTER
1617 - 1681
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Rank: 4
Elias Ashmole
OCCULTIST
1617 - 1692
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 5
Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1617 - 1676
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Rank: 6
Richard Lovelace
WRITER
1617 - 1658
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Emanuel de Witte
PAINTER
1617 - 1692
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Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
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1617 - 1677
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1617 - 1675
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1617 - 1672
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Maria Antonia of Austria
POLITICIAN
1669 - 1692
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Elias Ashmole
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1617 - 1692
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Emanuel de Witte
PAINTER
1617 - 1692
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Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
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Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons
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Giovanni Battista Vitali
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Christian Louis I
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Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken
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Cornelis Bloemaert
PAINTER
1603 - 1692
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Rank: 11
Thomas Shadwell
WRITER
1642 - 1692
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Rank: 12

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elias Ashmole ranks 1,318 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Recorde (1512), Hugh Griffith (1912), Frank Oz (1944), Jonathan Edwards (1966), Arthur Phillip (1738), and Luke Evans (1979). After him are Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Michael Wilding (1912), Charles Spearman (1863), John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713), Ian Anderson (1947), and James Ferguson (1797).

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