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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.


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