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Late 17th-century collection of biographies by John Aubrey

This article is about a collection of biographies. For the play by Patrick Garland, see Brief Lives (play). For the graphic novel, see The Sandman: Brief Lives. For the novel by Anita Brookner, see Brief Lives (novel).

Brief Lives is a collection of short biographies written by John Aubrey (1626–1697) in the last decades of the 17th century.

Writing

Aubrey initially began collecting biographical material to assist the Oxford scholar Anthony Wood, who was working on his own collection of biographies. With time, Aubrey's biographical researches went beyond mere assistance to Wood and became a project in its own right.

Aubrey was careful, wherever possible, to seek out and talk with those who had been acquainted with his subjects. His sociable nature and his wide circle of friends helped him in this pursuit. At his death, Aubrey left his biographical writings in a state of chaos. It has been t Roy dotrice narrator!