Training the virtuoso: John Aubrey’s education and early life
Abstract
John Aubrey's contributions to antiquarianism and archaeology helped to shape the development of several disciplines in English scholarship. This paper looks at the educational milieu that produced his pioneering work, following him from his Wiltshire gentry background through school at Blandford Forum, Dorset, to Trinity College, Oxford, the Middle Temple, and beyond as a young gentleman with a scientific turn of mind in Commonwealth London. It substantially clarifies and revises previous estimates of the extent and nature of his education and offers a case study in the early training of a Restoration "virtuoso".
Citation
Williams , K J 2012 , ' Training the virtuoso: John Aubrey’s education and early life ' The Seventeenth Century , vol 27 , no. 2 , pp. 157-182 . DOI: 10.7227/TSC.27.2.2
Publication
The Seventeenth Century
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0268-117XType
Journal article
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© 2012, Taylor & Francis. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.7227/TSC.27.2.2
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