Elias Ashmole

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1677–1679

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Elias Ashmole, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Ashmole's Gift to the University of Oxford

   1677–1679

   Role: Donor and Founder

   1. 11677 · University of OxfordThe 1677 Gift to Oxford

      Ashmole donated the Tradescant Collection and his own materials to the University of Oxford in 1677.

   2. 21677 · University of OxfordConditions for Public Access

      The gift was conditional on the university building a home for the collection and making it public.

   3. 326 January 1679 · Middle TempleLoss of Collection in Fire

      A fire in 1679 destroyed a large part of Ashmole's collection destined for the museum.

Sources

1. Elias Ashmole Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-19