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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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Born 23 February 1633
Died 26 May 1703

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  • Cover of: Samuel Pepys's Naval minutes

    First published in 1926 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Pepys on the restoration stage,

    First published in 1916 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Passages from the diary of Samuel Pepys

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  • Cover of: 1665 - Diary of a Plague Year

    First published in 2020 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Diary of Samuel Pepys - 1662. the Third Year of Samuel Pepys Extraordinary Diary

    First published in 2021 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume VI

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume V

    First published in 1904 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The diary of Samuel Pepys: Vols. VII - VIII: 1667-1669. Index

    First published in 1923 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The diary of Samuel Pepys: with selections from his correspondence: Vol. I

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The diary of Samuel Pepys, M.A.F.R.S.: Supplentary volume, Pepysiana, or, additional notes on the particulars of Pepys's life and on some passages in the diary, with appedixes

    First published in 1899 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Vol. VII, Part II: Dec 8, 1667-April 30, 1668

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The diary of Samuel Pepys: Vols. IV - VI: 1664-1667

    First published in 1928 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Diary: Companion v. 10

    First published in 1983 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Memoires relating to the state of the Royal Navy of England, for ten years, determin'd December 1688..

    First published in 1690 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Pepys Ballads, Volume 2 : 1625-1640: Numbers 46-90

    First published in 1929 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Diary and Correspondence: The Diary Deciphered by J. Smith From the Original Shorthand MS. Life and Notes by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. With one ... Described by Charles Curtis Bigelow Volume 2

    First published in 2015 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The letters of Samuel Pepys and his family circle

    First published in 1956 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The illustrated Pepys: extracts from the diary

    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Samuel Pepypsin Güncesi Cilt 2

    First published in 2020 — 1 edition
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Born 23 February 1633
Died 26 May 1703

Subjects

History, Social life and customs, Sources, Pepys, samuel, 1633-1703, Diaries, Statesmen, Great britain, social life and customs, Cabinet officers, great britain, English Authors, 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, Alfonso VI, 1656-1683, Restoration, 1660-1700, Stuart, 1603-1714

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  • 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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February 6, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import