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John Aubrey
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English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)

Also known as: Джон Обри, جون أوبري, ジョン・オーブリー, 約翰·奧布里, Обри Джон, اوبري جون

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Known works

  • Antología de la literatura fantástica
  • Miscellanies upon the following subjects (1696)
  • Wiltshire (1862)
  • Three prose works (1972)
  • Εφημερις, or, A diary astronomical, astrological, meteorological, for the year of our Lord, 1696