OCCULTIST
Elias Ashmole
1617 - 1692
Elias Ashmole
Elias Ashmole (; 23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692) was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices. Ashmole was an antiquary with a strong Baconian leaning towards the study of nature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elias Ashmole has received more than 428,025 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Elias Ashmole is the 32nd most popular occultist (down from 29th in 2019), the 1,682nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,504th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Occultist.
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Among OCCULTISTS
Among occultists, Elias Ashmole ranks 32 out of 37. Before him are Nina Kulagina, Michael Scot, Joséphin Péladan, Algernon Blackwood, Stanislas de Guaita, and A. E. Waite. After him are Dion Fortune, Otto Witte, Israel Regardie, Manly P. Hall, William Quan Judge, and Sergey Oldenburg.
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HPI: 56.74
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HPI: 56.06
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Stanislas de Guaita
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Elias Ashmole
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HPI: 54.53
Rank: 32
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HPI: 51.11
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HPI: 50.82
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1863 - 1934
HPI: 46.59
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1617, Elias Ashmole ranks 9. Before him are Gerard ter Borch, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Leopoldo de' Medici, and Emanuel de Witte. After him are Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, Yun Hyu, John Michael Wright, Ralph Cudworth, and Richard Lovelace. Among people deceased in 1692, Elias Ashmole ranks 4. Before him are Maria Antonia of Austria, Emanuel de Witte, and Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck. After him are Giovanni Battista Vitali, Wang Fuzhi, Heinrich Bach, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, and Thomas Shadwell.
Others Born in 1617
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Gerard ter Borch
1617 - 1681
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 3
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
1617 - 1680
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4
Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
1617 - 1677
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 5
Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg
1617 - 1676
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 6
Leopoldo de' Medici
1617 - 1675
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 7
Emanuel de Witte
1617 - 1692
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 8
Elias Ashmole
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 9
Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony
1617 - 1668
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 10
Yun Hyu
1617 - 1680
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 11
John Michael Wright
1617 - 1694
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 12
Ralph Cudworth
1617 - 1688
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 13
Richard Lovelace
1617 - 1658
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 14
Others Deceased in 1692
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Maria Antonia of Austria
1669 - 1692
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 1
Emanuel de Witte
1617 - 1692
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 2
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
1620 - 1692
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 3
Elias Ashmole
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 4
Giovanni Battista Vitali
1632 - 1692
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 5
Wang Fuzhi
1619 - 1692
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 6
Heinrich Bach
1615 - 1692
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 7
Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons
1606 - 1692
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 8
Thomas Shadwell
1642 - 1692
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 9
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Elias Ashmole ranks 1,682 out of 7,765. Before him are Harold Bride (1890), June Almeida (1930), John Bevis (1695), John Rolfe (1585), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), and Henry Pelham (1694). After him are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Havelock Ellis (1859), Clive Burr (1957), Archibald Leitch (1865), Alan Walker (1997), and Mark Sykes (1879).
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Harold Bride
1890 - 1956
HPI: 54.55
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1930 - 2007
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John Bevis
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 1,678
John Rolfe
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 1,679
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
1516 - 1547
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Rank: 1,680
Henry Pelham
1694 - 1754
HPI: 54.53
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Elias Ashmole
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,682
Edwin Abbott Abbott
1838 - 1926
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,683
Havelock Ellis
1859 - 1939
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,684
Clive Burr
1957 - 2013
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,685
Archibald Leitch
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 1,686
Alan Walker
1997 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 1,687
Mark Sykes
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 1,688
Among OCCULTISTS In United Kingdom
Among occultists born in United Kingdom, Elias Ashmole ranks 10. Before him are Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Alice Bailey (1880), Robert Fludd (1574), Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Michael Scot (1175), and Algernon Blackwood (1869). After him are Dion Fortune (1890) and Israel Regardie (1907).
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1854 - 1934
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 4
Alice Bailey
1880 - 1949
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 5
Robert Fludd
1574 - 1637
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 6
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
1854 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7
Michael Scot
1175 - 1232
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 8
Algernon Blackwood
1869 - 1951
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 9
Elias Ashmole
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 10
Dion Fortune
1890 - 1946
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 11
Israel Regardie
1907 - 1985
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 12
