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
archaeology, architecture, creativity, culture,
language (sorted by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
ARCHAEOLOGY
Data ___ Herbert, Thomas
___ 1606-1682 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1627-1629
Data ___ Wood, Anthony ___ 1632-1695
___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1657-1695
Data ___ De La Pryme, Abraham ___
1671-1704 ___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1680-1704
Data ___ Hearne, Thomas ___ 1678-1735
___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1701-1735
Data ___ Gray, Thomas ___ 1716-1771
___ British ___ poet ___ 1739 1755 1765 1769
Data ___ Bray, William ___ 1736-1832
___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1756-1800
Data ___ Skinner, John ___ 1772-1839
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1803-1834
Data ___ Boileau, John Peter ___
1794-1869 ___ British ___ landowner, antiquary ___ 1816-1861
Data ___ Knight, William Henry ___
n/a-n/a ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1860
Data ___ Bell, Gertrude ___ 1868-1926
___ British ___ writer diplomat ___ 1877-1919
ARCHITECTURE
Data ___ Thoresby, Ralph
___ 1647-1724 ___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1658-1724
Data ___ Fiennes, Celia ___ 1662-1741
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1695-1697
Data ___ Gyll, Thomas ___ 1700-1778
___ British ___ lawyer, antiquary ___ 1748-1778
Data ___ Cole, William ___ 1714-1782
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1765-1767
Data ___ Manning, Henry Edward ___
1808-1892 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1844-1890
Data ___ Lees-Milne, James ___
1908-1997 ___ British ___ historian, writer ___ 1942-1949, 1953-1954, 1971-1997
Data ___ Casson, Hugh ___ 1910-1999
___ British ___ architect ___ 1954 1980
CREATIVITY
Data ___ Wordsworth,
Dorothy ___ 1771-1855 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1798-1828
Data ___ Haydon, Benjamin ___ 1786-1846
___ British ___ painter ___ 1808-1846
Data ___ Delacroix, Eugène
Ferdinand ___ 1798-1863 ___ French ___ painter ___ 1822-1824 1832-1847
Data ___ Scott, Walter ___ 1771-1832
___ British ___ writer ___ 1825-1832
Data ___ Kierkegaard, Søren
___ 1813-1855 ___ Danish ___ philosopher ___ 1835-1855
Data ___ Thoreau, Henry D ___ 1817-1862
___ American ___ writer, philosopher, naturalist ___ 1837-1861
Data ___ Brown, Ford Madox ___
1821-1893 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1847-1866
Data ___ Symonds, John Addington
___ 1840-1893 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1860-1888
Data ___ Klee, Paul ___ 1879-1940 ___
Swiss ___ artist ___ 1897-1918 1914
Data ___ Mahler-Werfel, Alma ___ 1879-1964
___ Austrian ___ musician ___ 1898-1902
Data ___ Musil, Robert ___ 1880-1942
___ Austrian ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1899-1941
Data ___ Woolf, Virginia ___ 1882-1941
___ British ___ writer ___ 1915-1941
Data ___ Cocteau, Jean ___ 1889-1963
___ French ___ writer, director ___ 1928-1963
Data ___ Friend, Donald ___ 1915-1989
___ Australian ___ artist, writer ___ 1929-1989g
Data ___ Steinbeck, John ___ 1902-1968
___ American ___ writer ___ 1940 1951 1960
Data ___ Kahlo, Frida ___ 1907-1954
___ Mexican ___ painter ___ 1944-1954
Data ___ Plath, Sylvia ___ 1932-1963
___ American ___ writer ___ 1950-1962
Data ___ Dali, Salvador ___ 1904-1989
___ Spanish ___ painter ___ 1952-1963
Data ___ Wojnarowicz, David ___
1955-1992 ___ American ___ painter ___ 1971-1990
Data ___ Hall, Peter ___ 1930-n/a
___ British ___ director ___ 1972-1980
Data ___ Coppola, Eleanor ___ 1936-n/a
___ American ___ designer ___ 1976-1979
Data ___ Bowles, Paul ___ 1910-1999
___ American ___ writer ___ 1987-1989
Data ___ Eno, Brian ___ 1948-n/a ___
British ___ musician ___ 1995
CULTURE
Data ___ Sogi, ___ 1421g-1501
___ Japanese ___ priest, writer ___ 1468 1480
Data ___ Socho, Saiokuken ___ 1448-1532
___ Japanese ___ writer ___ 1501 1515 1522-1527
Data ___ Evelyn, John ___ 1620-1706
___ British ___ writer ___ 1640-1706
Data ___ Pepys, Samuel ___ 1633-1703
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1660-1669
Data ___ Hooke, Robert ___ 1635-1703
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1672-1681
Data ___ Emerson, Ralph Waldo
___ 1803-1882 ___ American ___ writer, priest ___ 1820-1875
Data ___ Strong, George Templeton
___ 1820-1875 ___ American ___ lawyer ___ 1835-1875
Data ___ De Goncourt, Edmond
___ 1822-1896 ___ French ___ writer ___ 1851-1896
Data ___ De Goncourt, Jules ___
1830-1870 ___ French ___ writer ___ 1851-1896
Data ___ Birchall, John Dearman
___ 1828-1897 ___ British ___ manufacturer ___ 1873g
Data ___ Kessler, Harry ___ 1868-1937
___ French ___ soldier ___ 1880-1937
Data ___ Lascelles, Alan Frederick
___ 1887-1981 ___ British ___ soldier, civilservant ___ 1898-1936
Data ___ Petipa, Marius ___ 1819-1910
___ French ___ dancer ___ 1900g-1910g
Data ___ Moseley, Sydney ___ 1888-1961
___ British ___ writer ___ 1903-1960
Data ___ Palmer, Nettie ___ 1885-1964
___ Australian ___ poet ___ 1910-1922 1925-1939
Data ___ Brenan, Gerald ___ 1894-1987
___ British (born in Malta) ___ writer ___ 1914-1964
Data ___ Nin, Anaïs ___ 1903-1977
___ French ___ writer ___ 1914-1971
Data ___ Cocteau, Jean ___ 1889-1963
___ French ___ writer, director ___ 1928-1963
Data ___ Bullard, Reader ___ 1885-1976
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1930-1934
Data ___ Nicolson, Harold ___ 1886-1968
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1930-1964
Data ___ Agate, James Evershed ___
1877-1947 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1935-1947
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen
___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ Ó Ríordáin,
Seán ___ 1916-1977 ___ Irish ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1940-1977
Data ___ Lees-Milne, James ___
1908-1997 ___ British ___ historian, writer ___ 1942-1949, 1953-1954, 1971-1997
Data ___ Collis, Maurice ___ 1889-1973
___ Irish ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1949-1969
Data ___ Rorem, Ned ___ 1923-n/a ___
American ___ composer, writer ___ 1951-1999
Data ___ Paul, Kate ___ 1940-n/a ___
British ___ writer ___ 1958-1963
Data ___ Coppola, Eleanor ___ 1936-n/a
___ American ___ designer ___ 1976-1979
Data ___ Warhol, Andy ___ 1926-1987
___ American ___ painter, director ___ 1976-1987
Data ___ Wyatt, Woodrow ___ 1918-1997
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1985-1997
Data ___ Bull, Deborah ___ 1963-n/a
___ British ___ dancer ___ 1999
LANGUAGE
Data ___ Herbert, Thomas
___ 1606-1682 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1627-1629
Data ___ Byrom, John ___ 1692-1763
___ British ___ writer ___ 1722-1744
Data ___ Martyn, Henry ___ 1781-1812
___ British ___ priest ___ 1801-1812
Data ___ O'Sullivan, Humphrey ___
1780-1837 ___ Irish ___ teacher, tradesman ___ 1827-1835
Data ___ Moore, George Fletcher
___ 1798-1886 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1830-1841
Data ___ Renard, Jules ___ 1824-1910
___ French ___ writer ___ 1893-1910
Data ___ Mencken, Henry Louis ___
1880-1956 ___ American ___ writer, editor ___ 1930-1948
Data ___ Klemperer, Victor ___
1881-1960 ___ German ___ teacher ___ 1933-1945
ADVERTISEMENTS
Neither a travel guide nor a reference book, 'London
Cross' is, nevertheless, an intriguing mix of the two - this is an exciting
project in need of a sympathetic publisher. The basic concept is to describe
two walks across London, one along a route that sticks as closely as possible
(without trespassing) to a south-north line and one which does the same
along an east-west line. I completed the first of the two in 2004, and the
resulting narrative records a fascinating here-and-now slice of London.
It blends local history and stories with quirky facts on architecture, planning
and interesting information on companies, organisations, notices and advertisements.
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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.