The John Bargrave Collection
Robert Plot (1640 [bap.] - 1696)
First keeper of the newly opened Ashmolean Museum, a post he resigned in the winter of 1690.John Bargrave sent Plot a small lamp and a bottle that he found in the catacombs in Rome (Bann, 88). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22385 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Plot Roles: Curator
Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business Ashmolean Museum
People linked to person: Francis Ashton (1644 or 1645-1715) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Robert Plot
John Bargrave (1610-1680) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Robert Plot
Edward Lhwyd (1660-1709) was a unspecified to Robert Plot