Samuel Pepys
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| Samuel Pepys | |
 Portrait of Samuel Pepys by J. Hayls. Oil on canvas, 1666. |
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| Born | 23 February 1633 London, England |
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| Died | 26 May 1703 (aged 70) Clapham, England |
| Occupation | Naval Administrator and Member of Parliament |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Spouse | Elisabeth Marchant de St Michel |
Samuel Pepys, (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English administrator at the Admiralty and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary.
Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King James II. The detailed private diary that he kept during 1660–1669 was first published in the nineteenth century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal notes and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.
[change] The Diary
The complete and definitive edition of Pepys's diary by Robert Latham and William Matthews was published by Bell & Hyman, London, in 1970–1983.
[change] Other websites
Some of the older editions of the diary are available online.
There are also two encyclopedic sites about Pepys based on these free editions
- Samuel Pepys' diary which provides a daily entry from the diary, as well as detailed background articles, plus annotations from readers.
- Duncan Grey's pages on Pepys
As well as other sites about Pepys.
- Pepys library online at Magdalene College, Cambridge, including an essay by Robert Latham.
- The Samuel Pepys Club for those interested in Pepys
