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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. 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Aubrey is the 3,014th most popular writer (down from 2,566th in 2019), the 2,469th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,894th in 2019) and the 273rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Aubrey ranks 3,014 out of 7,302. Before him are Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Diphilus, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Leonid Leonov, Rachel Bluwstein, and Anne McCaffrey. After him are Cristina Peri Rossi, Ferenc Kazinczy, Juan Pablo Bonet, Titus Burckhardt, Viktor Dyk, and Antal Szerb.

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Among people born in 1626, John Aubrey ranks 14. Before him are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Giovanni Legrenzi, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Bada Shanren, Louis Couperin, and Andrea Guarneri. After him are Pietro Mengoli, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Simon Ushakov, Ole Borch, and Louis Hennepin. Among people deceased in 1697, John Aubrey ranks 9. Before him are Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Nicolaus Bruhns, António Vieira, Gregorio Barbarigo, and Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental. After him are Georg Mohr, Libéral Bruant, Niels Juel, Filippo Baldinucci, Jan de Bray, and Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Aubrey ranks 2,470 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Fowler (1963), Tessa Jowell (1947), Albert Austin (1881), William Smith (1790), Michelle Fairley (1964), and John Robertson (1953). After him are Divina Galica (1944), John Oliver (1977), Eddie Irvine (1965), John Smeaton (1724), Brenda Milner (1918), and Edward Colston (1636).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Aubrey ranks 273. Before him are Vera Brittain (1893), Richard Hughes (1900), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Tom Sharpe (1928), John Cleland (1709), and Francis Beaumont (1584). After him are Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Charlotte Smith (1749), Walter Pater (1839), Josephine Tey (1896), Samuel Smiles (1812), and Dodie Smith (1896).

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