Joseph Ames (bap.1687, d.1759) bibliographer and antiquary, elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743. He was admitted to the Society of antiquaries and contributed to their Thursday meetings. He frequented university libraries as well as those of the members of both societies.
Reference:
Robin Myers, ‘Ames, Joseph (bap. 1687, d. 1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/439 [accessed 13 Aug 2015]).
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