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Samuel Pepys

23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703

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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  • Cover of: Diary of Samuel Pepys Complete 1668 N.S.

    First published in 2006 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A Pepysian garland: black-letter broadside ballads of the years 1595-1639, chiefly from the collection of Samuel Pepys

    First published in 1922 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty in the reign of Charles II and James II

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  • Cover of: Diary of Samuel Pepys - 1663 - the Fourth Year of the Diary

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  • Cover of: The Great Fire of London: an account taken from the diary of Mr. Samuel Pepys.

    First published in 1912 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reign of ...

    First published in 1855 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Mr. Pepys to the President, and Governours of Christ-Hospital, upon the present state of the said hospital: To the Honour'd Sir John Moor, Kt. and President, and the rest of my honour'd friends, the Governours of Christ-Hospital

    First published in 1698 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Pepys's Later Diaries

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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1669 N.S (Diary of Samuel Pepys)

    First published in 2002 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Diary Of Samuel Pepys - Selections

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  • Cover of: Diary of Samuel Pepys -1666 - Covering the Great Plague, the Four Days' Battle and the Great Fire of London. Experience History' Through Samuel Pepy's Legendary Diary

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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume V - 1664

    First published in 1974 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: King Charles preserved: an account of his escape after the battle of Worcester

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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1665 (Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol 6)

    First published in 1995 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1668

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  • Cover of: Samuel Pepys's Naval minutes

    First published in 1926 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 5: 1664

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  • Cover of: A shorter Pepys: the Diary of Samuel Pepys. Abridged by F.W. Tickner

    First published in 1929 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S., secretary to the admiralty in the reign of Charles II

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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Vol. VII

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Subjects
History, Social life and customs, Sources, Pepys, samuel, 1633-1703, Diaries, Great britain, social life and customs, Statesmen, Cabinet officers, great britain, English diaries, Diarists, English Authors, 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, Statesmen, great britain, Christ's Hospital (London, England), Description and travel, Early modern, Authors, english
Places
Great Britain, England, Tangier (Morocco), London, Araby, Araby bazaar, London (England), North Richmond Street, Grande-Bretagne, 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, 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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