From The Natural History of Oxfordshire. 
Second edition, published 1705. (With a 
short account of the author) 
Robert Plot, LL.D. Son of Robert Plot, 
Captain of the Militia, in the County of 
Kent, was born in the year of our Lord 
1641, at Sut ton-Barn in the Parish of 
Borden in the said County, and educated 
at Magdalene-Hall in the University of 
Oxford. 
Also wrote a book on The Natural History 
of Staffordshire, He was the first 
Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford 
appointed to this post by the donor of 
the collections Elias Ashraole in 1683 . 
He was also "Professor of Chymistry" at 
the University. 
He died at his house Sutton- Barn April 
30, 1696. 
The second edition of the book has 366 
pages, with an index of 9 pages in addi- 
tion. 
