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John Aubrey

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Born: March 11 1626

Died: 0606 06 16971697

John Aubrey FRS was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer. He is perhaps best known as the author of the Brief Lives, his collection of short biographical pieces. He was a pioneer archaeologist, who recorded numerous megalithic and other field monuments in southern England, and who is particularly noted as the discoverer of the Avebury henge monument. The Aubrey holes at Stonehenge are named after him, although there is considerable doubt as to whether the holes that he observed are those that currently bear the name. He was also a pioneer folklorist, collecting together a miscellany of material on customs, traditions and beliefs under the title Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme. He set out to compile county histories of both Wiltshire and Surrey, although both projects remained unfinished. His Interpretation of Villare Anglicanum was the first attempt to compile a full-length study of English place-names. He had wider interests in applied mathematics and astronomy, and was friendly with many of the greatest scientists of the day.

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Books from John Aubrey

Aubrey's Brief Lives: Omnibus Edition

John Aubrey's "Brief Lives": Gossip from the 17th Century

Aubrey's Brief Lives: A selection

Aubrey's Brief Lives: The Elizabethans

Anecdotes and Traditions, Illustrative of Early English History and Literature, Derived from MS. Sources

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects

Brief Lives, and other selected writings

Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 2 Volume Set: To Which Are Added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to ... - British and Irish History, General)

Anecdotes and Traditions: Illustrative of Early English History and Literature, Derived from Ms. Sources

Brief Lives

Lebens=Entwürfe. Mr. John Aubreys, Esq. Lebensentwürfe

The natural history of wiltshire: Special Edition

The Natural History of Wiltshire

Brief Lives - Volume I

Brief Lives

Aubrey's Brief Lives: Thomas Hobbes

MISCELÁNEA: Apariciones, sueños, profecías y otros fenómenos anómalos (Spanish Edition)

Three Prose Works

Brief Lives

The Worlds of John Aubrey

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Books from John Aubrey

Aubrey's Brief Lives: Omnibus Edition

John Aubrey's "Brief Lives": Gossip from the 17th Century

Aubrey's Brief Lives: A selection

Aubrey's Brief Lives: The Elizabethans

Anecdotes and Traditions, Illustrative of Early English History and Literature, Derived from MS. Sources

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects

Brief Lives, and other selected writings

Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 2 Volume Set: To Which Are Added, Hearne&apos;s Journeys to Reading, and to ... - British and Irish History, General)

Anecdotes and Traditions: Illustrative of Early English History and Literature, Derived from Ms. Sources

Brief Lives

Lebens=Entwürfe. Mr. John Aubreys, Esq. Lebensentwürfe

The natural history of wiltshire: Special Edition

The Natural History of Wiltshire

Brief Lives - Volume I

Brief Lives

Aubrey&apos;s Brief Lives: Thomas Hobbes

MISCELÁNEA: Apariciones, sueños, profecías y otros fenómenos anómalos (Spanish Edition)

Three Prose Works

Brief Lives

The Worlds of John Aubrey

Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 2 Volume Set: To Which Are Added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to ... - British and Irish History, General)

Aubrey's Brief Lives: Thomas Hobbes