John Aubrey ( 1626 - 1697 )

Birth: Easton Pierse [Percy] Wiltshire, England, Europe (12 March 1626) Death: Oxford, England, Europe (June 1697) Burial Place: Church of St Mary Magdalene, Oxford, England, Europe (7 June 1697) Occupation: Antiquary Research field: topography; natural history Education: Grammar school in Blandford St Mary, Dorset (1637/38); Trinity College, Oxford (matriculated 1641); Middle Temple (admitted 1646) Career: Discovered the megaliths at Avebury, Wiltshire (1649); inherited estates in Wiltshire, Herefordshire and Wales from his father (1652) but dissipated them through law suits, selling the last of his property (1670) and his library (1677); formed topographical collections on Surrey and North Wiltshire; assisted Anthony à Wood with his 'Antiquities of Oxford'; wrote 'Brief Lives' of his notable contemporaries Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Proposers: Walter Charleton (24 December 1662) Committee appointments include: Committee for Agriculture [Georgical] (1664) Other RSActivity: Presented an invention of a clepsydra (1667); Made telescopic astronomical observations (1668); Submitted topographical observations of Wiltshire and Surrey (1668-).