by Paul K Lyons
DESCRIPTOR LISTINGS
social to 1799___ social
from 1800___ travel to 1799___ travel from 1800
domestic___ literary___ love/sex___ political___ religious
people___ self___ society___ family___ health
maritime, military
art, film, music, sport, theatre
exploration, geology, nature, science
archaeology, architecture, creativity,
culture, language
farming, horses, transport, village, weather
commerce, education, law, philosophy, prison,
psychology
childhood, historyeye, nazism, royalty,
slavery
European countries___ non-European
countries
European countries (sorted
by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
AUSTRIA
Data ___ Birchall,
Emily ___ 1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873
Data ___ Mitchison, Naomi ___ 1897-1999
___ British ___ writer ___ 1934 1939-1945
BELGIUM
Data ___ Manning, Henry
Edward ___ 1808-1892 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1844-1890
DENMARK/FINLAND/SWEDEN
Data ___ Pasek, Jan ___
1636c-1701 ___ Polish ___ soldier, writer ___ 1650g-1701g
Data ___ Brecht, Bertolt ___ 1898-1956
___ German ___ writer ___ 1920-1922 1934-1955
FRANCE
Data ___ Walsingham,
Francis ___ 1532g-1590 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1570-1583
Data ___ Coningsby, Thomas ___
1561c-1625 ___ British ___ soldier, politician ___ 1591
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689
___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Gray, Thomas ___ 1716-1771
___ British ___ poet ___ 1739 1755 1765 1769
Data ___ Adams, John ___ 1735-1826
___ American ___ teacher, lawyer, politician ___ 1753-1804
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795
___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Cole, William ___ 1714-1782
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1765-1767
Data ___ Thrale, Hester Lynch Piozzi
___ 1741-1821 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1766-1809
Data ___ Harris, James ___ 1745-1829
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1767-1820
Data ___ Windham, William ___ 1750-1810
___ British ___ politician ___ 1769-1810
Data ___ Von Lowenstern, Hermann
Ludwig ___ 1777-1836 ___ German ___ sailor ___ 1793-1815
Data ___ Jackson, George ___ 1785-1861
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853
Data ___ Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin
___ n/a-n/a ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1806-1808 1823-1824
Data ___ Bury, Charlotte ___ 1775-1861
___ British ___ courtier, writer ___ 1810-1820
Data ___ Browne, Mary ___ 1807-1833
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1821
Data ___ Raikes, Thomas ___ 1777-1848
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1831-1847
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864
___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Birchall, Emily ___
1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873
Data ___ Bashkirtseff, Marie
___ 1858-1884 ___ Russian ___ painter ___ 1873-1884
Data ___ Stevenson, Robert Louis
___ 1850-1894 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1878 1880
Data ___ Gissing, George ___ 1857-1903
___ British ___ writer ___ 1887-1902
Data ___ Bennett, Arnold ___ 1867-1931
___ British ___ writer ___ 1896-1928
Data ___ Mansfield, Katherine ___
1888-1923 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1904-1922
Data ___ Cunningham, Alfred ___
1882-1939 ___ American ___ aviator ___ 1917-1918
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995
___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Gladwyn, Cynthia ___ 1898-1990
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1946-1971
Data ___ Rorem, Ned ___ 1923-n/a ___
American ___ composer, writer ___ 1951-1999
GERMANY
Data ___ Torkington,
Richard ___ n/a-n/a ___ British ___ priest ___ 1516-1517
Data ___ De Montaigne, Michel
___ 1533-1592 ___ French ___ lawyer ___ 1580-1581
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689
___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Wesley, John ___ 1703-1791
___ British ___ priest ___ 1725-1791
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795
___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Harris, James ___ 1745-1829
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1767-1820
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859
___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Jackson, George ___ 1785-1861
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Robinson, Henry Crabb ___
1775-1867 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1801-1867
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish
Fulke ___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Dostoevsky, Anna Grigoryevna
___ 1846-1918 ___ Russian ___ n/a ___ 1867
Data ___ Klee, Paul ___ 1879-1940 ___
Swiss ___ artist ___ 1897-1918 1914
Data ___ Musil, Robert ___ 1880-1942
___ Austrian ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1899-1941
Data ___ Mansfield, Katherine ___
1888-1923 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1904-1922
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995
___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Shirer, William L ___ 1904-1993
___ American ___ writer ___ 1934-1945
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen
___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ Mansel, John ___ 1909-1974
___ British ___ architect soldier ___ 1940-1945
GREECE
Data ___ Durrell, Lawrence
___ 1912-1990 ___ British (born in India) ___ writer ___ 1937-1938
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864
___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
HOLLAND
Data ___ Dürer, Albrecht
___ 1471-1528 ___ German ___ painter ___ 1520-1521
Data ___ Brereton, William ___ 1604-1661
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1634-1635
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689
___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Wesley, John ___ 1703-1791
___ British ___ priest ___ 1725-1791
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795
___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Rawdon, Francis ___ 1754-1826
___ British ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1794-1795 1813-1818
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853
HUNGARY
Data ___ Birchall,
Emily ___ 1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873
IRELAND
Data ___ von Münchhausen,
Ludolf ___ 1570-1640 ___ German ___ landowner ___ 1590
Data ___ Brereton, William ___ 1604-1661
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1634-1635
Data ___ Stevens, John ___ n/a-1726
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1689-1691
Data ___ Pococke, Richard ___ 1704-1765
___ British ___ priest ___ 1747 1750 1752 1760
Data ___ Dyott, William ___ 1761-1846
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1781-1845
Data ___ Benn-Walsh, John ___ 1798-1881
___ British ___ landowner, politician ___ 1821g-1864g
Data ___ Smith, Elizabeth ___ 1797-1885
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1840-1850
Data ___ Nicholson, Asenath ___
1796c-1855 ___ American ___ teacher, reformer ___ 1847-1849
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864
___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
ITALY
Data ___ Torkington,
Richard ___ n/a-n/a ___ British ___ priest ___ 1516-1517
Data ___ De Montaigne, Michel
___ 1533-1592 ___ French ___ lawyer ___ 1580-1581
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689
___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Gray, Thomas ___ 1716-1771
___ British ___ poet ___ 1739 1755 1765 1769
Data ___ Windham, William ___ 1750-1810
___ British ___ politician ___ 1769-1810
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859
___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang ___
1749-1832 ___ German ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1786-1788
Data ___ Robinson, Henry Crabb ___
1775-1867 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1801-1867
Data ___ Bury, Charlotte ___ 1775-1861
___ British ___ courtier, writer ___ 1810-1820
Data ___ Byron, George ___ 1788-1824
___ British ___ writer ___ 1813-1814 1816 1821
Data ___ Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
___ 1797-1851 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1814-1844
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish
Fulke ___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Fox, Henry Edward ___ 1802-1859
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1818-1830
Data ___ Macaulay, Thomas Babington
___ 1800-1859 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1838-1859
Data ___ Manning, Henry Edward ___
1808-1892 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1844-1890
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864
___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Leeves, Edward ___ 1795c-1871c
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1849-1850
Data ___ Symonds, John Addington
___ 1840-1893 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1860-1888
Data ___ Birchall, Emily ___
1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873
Data ___ Gissing, George ___ 1857-1903
___ British ___ writer ___ 1887-1902
Data ___ Peerless, Henry ___ 1866-1930
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1891-1920
Data ___ Klee, Paul ___ 1879-1940 ___
Swiss ___ artist ___ 1897-1918 1914
Data ___ Pym, Barbara ___ 1913-1980 ___
British ___ writer ___ 1932-1979
Data ___ Origo, Iris ___ 1902-1988
___ British ___ writer ___ 1943-1944
Data ___ Grenfell, Joyce Irene ___
1910-1979 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1944-1945
MALTA
Data ___ Senior, Nassau
___ 1790-1864 ___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Grenfell, Joyce Irene ___
1910-1979 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1944-1945
NORWAY
Data ___ Windham, William
___ 1750-1810 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1769-1810
PORTUGAL
Data ___ Coverte, Robert
___ n/a-n/a ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607-1611
Data ___ Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin
___ n/a-n/a ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1806-1808 1823-1824
Data ___ Swabey, William ___ 1789-1872
___ British ___ soldier, politician ___ 1811-1813
RUSSIA
Data ___ De La Pérouse,
Jean-François De Galaup ___ 1741-1788 ___ French ___ sailor, explorer
___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Whistler, Anna Mathilda
___ 1804-1881 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1843-1849
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943
___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Lockhart, Robert Bruce
___ 1887-1970 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1915-1970
Data ___ Bullard, Reader ___ 1885-1976
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1930-1934
Data ___ Muggeridge, Malcolm ___
1903-1990 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1932-1962
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen
___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ Casson, Hugh ___ 1910-1999
___ British ___ architect ___ 1954 1980
Data ___ Oswald, Lee Harvey ___ 1939-1963
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1959-1962
SPAIN
Data ___ Harris, James
___ 1745-1829 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1767-1820
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859
___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Swabey, William ___ 1789-1872
___ British ___ soldier, politician ___ 1811-1813
Data ___ Brenan, Gerald ___ 1894-1987
___ British (born in Malta) ___ writer ___ 1914-1964
SWITZERLAND
Data ___ De Montaigne,
Michel ___ 1533-1592 ___ French ___ lawyer ___ 1580-1581
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795
___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859
___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Bury, Charlotte ___ 1775-1861
___ British ___ courtier, writer ___ 1810-1820
Data ___ Byron, George ___ 1788-1824
___ British ___ writer ___ 1813-1814 1816 1821
Data ___ Symonds, John Addington
___ 1840-1893 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1860-1888
Data ___ Dostoevsky, Anna Grigoryevna
___ 1846-1918 ___ Russian ___ n/a ___ 1867
Data ___ Bell, Gertrude ___ 1868-1926
___ British ___ writer diplomat ___ 1877-1919
Data ___ Peerless, Henry ___ 1866-1930
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1891-1920
Data ___ Brecht, Bertolt ___ 1898-1956
___ German ___ writer ___ 1920-1922 1934-1955
UK
Data ___ Maisse, André
Hurault ___ 1539-1607 ___ French ___ diplomat ___ 1597
Data ___ Waldstein, ___ 1581-1623
___ Czech ___ n/a ___ 1597-1603
Data ___ De Bassompierre,
Francois ___ 1579-1646 ___ French ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1626
Data ___ Perceval, John ___ 1683-1748
___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1701 1728-1747
Data ___ Leadbeater, Mary ___
1758-1826 ___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1774-1826
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859
___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin
___ n/a-n/a ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1806-1808 1823-1824
Data ___ Whistler, Anna Mathilda
___ 1804-1881 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1843-1849
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995
___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986
___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
UKRAINE
Data ___ Lassota Von Steblau,
Erich ___ 1550g-1594 ___ Russian ___ diplomat ___ 1594
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IMPORTANT NOTES:
These descriptors are only meant as a vague guide
and must be treated with caution. I have not examined
the diaries myself, so the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies,
anthologies and internet biographies. In many cases, the diaries mentioned
on this website will contain good content on descriptor topics for which
they have not been listed. There are three types of descriptors: those which
describe broad themes of a diary in general (i.e. literary, social, military
or travel); subjects where the topic is known to have been of some concern
to the diarist (such as weather, education or slavery); and countries outside
of the diarist's home nation (where the diarist is known to have written
about them). The descriptor 'society' is for diaries which record
details about what, for want of a better term, could be called high society,
while 'social' is a descriptor for diaries which record details about
the behaviour and habits of the less privileged. 'Literary' is a
descriptor for diaries considered literary or about the literary world.
'People' is a descriptor for diaries which contain references to
famous characters; and 'historyeye' is a term I've used for diarists
writing with first hand experience of historically famous events.