The Digital Ark :: Edward Seymour

The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

Edward Seymour ( - )

Relevant locations: Lived at or near Wantage, Oxfordshire
Relationships: Edward Seymour was a donor to Ashmolean Museum (1683-)

References in Documents:

MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)

Edward Seymour, from Wantage in Berkshire, was a pharmacist and dedicated to the museum the first fruits of his work on chemical dyes. He discovered this art, and struck permanent tints through a plank of wood from a type of walnut tree.

Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) [Addendum 10] Mr Edward Seymour Apothecary of Wantage, Berks having found out the Art of striking a beautiful permanent Tint through a thick board or plank dedicated the first fruits of his Invention to the Ashmolean Museum. 1756.

MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 51 Lignum arte tinctum &c.a. D.D. Dnus: Seymour. Wood coloured by chemical dye, etc., given by Mr Seymour.