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Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys was born on February 23rd 1633 in Salisbury Court off Fleet Street. His father, John, was a tailor, his mother Margaret Kite was sister of a Whitechapel butcher and Samuel was fifth in a line of eleven children.

His knowledge of shorthand, his political connections through Montagu (now Earl of Sandwich and First Lord of the Admiralty, having brought the King back from exile), and his subsequent government posts as one of the principal officers of the navy administration, gave him power and moderate wealth.

His love of order and efficiency made him a man of some importance and he proudly and successfully addressed the Commons on naval matters. His speech to the Commons on March 5th 1668 pleased him enormously.

For us he is best known for his less than ten years of personal diaries, at once personal and historic, characterful and literary. (Edited from pepys.info.)

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English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

Born 23 February 1633
Died 26 May 1703

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  • Cover of: Everybody's Pepys: the diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660-1669
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  • Cover of: Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F. R. S.: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles Ii. and James Ii. with a Life and Notes, Volume 1; Volumes 1659-1662

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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1662 (Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol 3)

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  • Cover of: Memoirs of Samuel Pepys... comprising his diary... and a selection from his private correspondence.

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English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

Born 23 February 1633
Died 26 May 1703

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History, Social life and customs, Sources, Pepys, samuel, 1633-1703, Diaries, Statesmen, Great britain, social life and customs, English Authors, Cabinet officers, great britain, English diaries, Diarists, Great Britain, Great britain, history, restoration, 1660-1688, sources, Cabinet officers, Correspondence, Manners and customs, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Biography, Naval History, Early works to 1800, Mœurs et coutumes, Statesmen, great britain, Christ's Hospital (London, England), Description and travel, Early modern

Places

Great Britain, England, Tangier (Morocco), London, Grande-Bretagne, Araby, Araby bazaar, London (England), North Richmond Street, Portugal

People

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), Charles II King of England, Mangan's sister, Alfred Doolittle, Charles II King of England (1630-1685), Charles II King of Great Britain (1630-1685), Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea, Henry Higgins, John Evelyn (1620-1706), Mrs. Higgins, Pygmalion, Samuel Pepys

Time

Stuarts, 1603-1714, 17th century, Charles II, 1660-1685, Early modern, 1500-1700, Restoration, 1660-1688, 1603-1714 (Stuarts), 17e siècle, 1912, Afonso VI, 1656-1683, Alfonso VI, 1656-1683, Restoration, 1660-1700, Stuart, 1603-1714

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Alternative names

  • PEPYS, SAMUEL, 1633-1703.
  • Pepys. Samuel
  • Samuel, Pepys
  • Samuel PEPYS
  • Samuel Peyps
  • Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
  • Samuel [collections ] Pepys
  • Samuel [Collections] Pepys
  • Samuel Pepys.
  • S. Pepys

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September 29, 2022 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
February 6, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
February 4, 2010 Edited by George Added new photo