Aubrey's Brief Lives - John Aubrey - Readzis.co.uk eBook
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Author
Collection
n.c
Publication date
2016-04-07
Pages
560 pages
Print ISBN
9781784870331
Language
English
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EAN EPUB
9781473521735
Price
£7.99
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Born 12th March 1626 in Wiltshire, antiquary and biographer John Aubrey was the eldest surviving son of an affluent family. Having experienced a lonely childhood he later immersed himself in society, associating with many of the most distinguished figures of his time. He documented their lives in unique accounts, contained in manuscripts which were deposited in the Ashmolean Museum by the antiquary Anthony Wood in 1693. He had a keen interest in archaeology and is credited with a number of significant discoveries in Britain, including the ruins of Avebury, and the ring of chalk pits at Stonehenge which bear his name. He died 7th June 1697 and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalen in Oxford.

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