Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (born 1617)

Elias Ashmole

English antiquarian, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and alchemist

Elias Ashmole 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.