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John Aubrey

1626 - 1697

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John Aubrey (12 March 1626 – 7 June 1697) was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer. He was a pioneer archaeologist, who recorded (often for the first time) numerous megalithic and other field monuments in southern England, and who is particularly noted for his systematic examination 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Aubrey has received more than 285,279 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). John Aubrey is the 2,566th most popular writer (up from 3,425th in 2019), the 1,893rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,536th in 2019) and the 209th most popular British Writer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

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Notable Works

Miscellanies upon Various Subjects
Superstition
1784
Brief lives
Biography, History, Mathematicians
1898
The scandal and credulities of John Aubrey
Biography
1931
Monumenta Britannica
Antiquities, Historic sites
1980
The Natural History of Wiltshire
Natural history, History, Accessible book
1847
Brief lives, and other selected writings
Biography, Great Britain, History
1949

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Among writers, John Aubrey ranks 2,566 out of 7,302. Before him are Karel Jaromír Erben, Edvard Kocbek, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Ouida, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, and Janus Pannonius. After him are L. Sprague de Camp, George Mosse, Hilaire Belloc, Nodar Dumbadze, Wilhelm Worringer, and Anne Holt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, John Aubrey ranks 12. Before him are Francesco Redi, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Legrenzi, Louis Couperin, and Bada Shanren. After him are Andrea Guarneri, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Pietro Mengoli, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Simon Ushakov, and Ole Borch. Among people deceased in 1697, John Aubrey ranks 8. Before him are Francesco Redi, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Nicolaus Bruhns, António Vieira, and Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental. After him are Libéral Bruant, Gregorio Barbarigo, Niels Juel, Filippo Baldinucci, Jan de Bray, and Georg Mohr.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Aubrey ranks 1,893 out of 8,785. Before him are John Smyth (1570), Ray Winstone (1957), Walter Crane (1845), Ine of Wessex (700), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), and Ouida (1839). After him are Ælle of Sussex (500), Nell Gwyn (1650), Damon Albarn (1968), Billy Wright (1924), Mike Rutherford (1950), and Catherine Ashton (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Aubrey ranks 209. Before him are Peter Shaffer (1926), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), John Mandeville (1300), Noël Coward (1899), David Lodge (1935), and Ouida (1839). After him are Arthur Young (1741), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Gerald Gardner (1884), George Whitefield (1714), Tobias Smollett (1721), and John Wyndham (1903).

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