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Samuel Pepys FRS ( / piːps /; [1] 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator. He served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament, but is most remembered today for the diary he kept for almost a decade.
May 22, 2024 · Samuel Pepys was an English diarist and naval administrator, celebrated for his Diary (first published in 1825), which gives a fascinating picture of the official and upper-class life of Restoration London from Jan. 1, 1660, to May 31, 1669.
Samuel Pepys: Diary, Letters, Family Tree, Maps, Encyclopedia, Discussion and more. A new diary entry appears here at the end of each day.
Learn who Samuel Pepys was, a writer and MP who lived in London in the 1660s. Find out how he recorded the plague and the Great Fire of London in his diary and play a quiz.
Jun 28, 2024 · Samuel Pepys - Diarist, Restoration, Navy: The diary by which Pepys is chiefly known was kept between his 27th and 36th years. Written in Thomas Shelton’s system of shorthand, or tachygraphy, with the names in longhand, it extends to 1,250,000 words, filling six quarto volumes in the Pepys Library.
Jul 22, 2010 · It is 350 years since one of the UK's most famous diarists put pen to paper. But what was Samuel Pepys really like? And why did this modest clerk become so celebrated?
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Learn about the life and legacy of Samuel Pepys, the naval reformer, citizen scientist, MP and diarist who witnessed the restoration of Charles II and the Great Fire of London. Explore his links to the Royal Observatory, the Navy, Isaac Newton and more.
