1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
AUBREY. JOHN (1626-1697), English antiquary, wu born at Easlon Picrscor Perry, near Malmcsbury, Wiltshire, on the I2th of March 1626, his father being a country gentleman of considerable fortune. He was educated at the Malmcsbury grammar school under Robert Latimer. who had numbered Thomas Hobbcs among his earlier pupils, and at his schoolmaster's house Aubrey first met the philosopher about whom he was to leave so many curious and interesting details. He entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1642, but his studies we…
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