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John AUBREY 1626-97
Biographical Note
A noted antiquary, natural philosopher, and writer, Aubrey was born on 12 March 1626 at Easton Pierse near Kington St Michael in north Wiltshire, the eldest son of Richard Aubrey (1603–1652) and his wife, Deborah (1610–1686). He was entered as a gentleman commoner at Trinity College, Oxford, in 1642, but his studies were interrupted by the civil war. In 1646 he enrolled at the Middle Temple but did not complete his legal training. On his father's death in 1652 Aubrey inherited his estates and debts, becoming heavily entangled in lawsuits as a result and eventually losing his inheritance. Elected to the Royal Society in 1663, Aubrey became an active member and grew well acquaintance with notable people of the late seventeenth century, including Robert Hooke, Thomas Hobbes, and Anthony Wood. Aubrey is well-known for his work on natural philosophy, archaeology and mathematics but is perhaps best known as author of the prominent biographical work Brief Lives (), described by ODNB as ‘one of the great literary works of his age’.
Books
enforced sale of his books in 1677 Bequeathed many of his books to the Ashmolean Museum (hence now in the Bodleian), but also gave books to Gloucester Hall (there are now ca. 40 of Aubrey’s books at Worcester College, Oxford).
Sources
- Bennett, K. John Aubrey’s collections and the early modern museum, Bodleian Library Record 17 (2001), 185-212.
- Buchanan-Brown, J. The books presented to the Royal Society by John Aubrey, Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, 28 (1974), 167-93.
- Fox, Adam. "Aubrey, John (1626–1697), antiquary and biographer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Gunther, R. The library of John Aubrey, Bodleian Quarterly Record 6 (1931), 230-6.
- Hunter, M. John Aubrey and the realm of learning, London, 1975.
- Lee, B. N. British bookplates: a pictorial history. Newton Abbot, 1979, 4.
- Wilkinson, C. H. Worcester College Library, Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings & papers 1 (1927), 263-320, p.266.