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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 is perhaps best known as the author of the Brief Lives, his collection of short biographical pieces. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Aubrey has received more than 270,943 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). John Aubrey is the 3,437th most popular writer (down from 3,140th in 2019), the 2,542nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,343rd in 2019) and the 296th most popular British Writer.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

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  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Aubrey ranks 3,437 out of 5,755. Before him are Doria Shafik, Johann Georg von Hahn, Johann Baptist Allgaier, Song Yu, Georgi Pulevski, and Goffredo Mameli. After him are Cecil Bødker, Alykul Osmonov, Ibn Warraq, George Coșbuc, Al-Nabigha, and Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, John Aubrey ranks 13. Before him are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Legrenzi, Louis Couperin, Bada Shanren, and Andrea Guarneri. After him are Pietro Mengoli, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Simon Ushakov, Ole Borch, and Louis Hennepin. Among people deceased in 1697, John Aubrey ranks 10. Before him are Nicolaus Bruhns, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental, António Vieira, Gregorio Barbarigo, and Georg Mohr. After him are Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Filippo Baldinucci, and Jan de Bray.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Aubrey ranks 2,542 out of 7,765. Before him are Mick Ronson (1946), Mick Fleetwood (1947), Ken Livingstone (1945), Christopher Hogwood (1941), André Waterkeyn (1917), and Thomas Blake Glover (1838). After him are John Williams (1903), Jerome Flynn (1963), Trevor Pinnock (1946), Charles James Fox (1749), Ælfgifu of Northampton (990), and James Somerville (1882).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Aubrey ranks 296. Before him are David Crystal (1941), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Martin Amis (1949), Israel Zangwill (1864), and Sue Townsend (1946). After him are Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Paul Johnson (1928), John Winthrop (1588), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), and Frances Burney (1752).

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