Description:Dr. Robert Plot (1640-1696) was an antiquary, naturalist, writer and was the first Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He was also the first Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University. He is best known locally for his 'Natural History of Staffordshire, published in 1686. He had previously researched and published a 'Natural History of Oxfordshire' in 1677.
Engraving published 1st September 1802 by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall, London. After a portrait in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.