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
domestic (sorted
by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
Data ___ Shikibu, Murasaki
___ 973g-1025g ___ Japanese ___ n/a ___ 1007-1010
Data ___ Gouberville, Gilles
Picot ___ 1521-1578 ___ French ___ landowner ___ 1549-1562
Data ___ Dee, John ___ 1527-1608 ___
British ___ teacher, scientist ___ 1554-1601
Data ___ Winthrop, Adam ___ 1548-1623
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1586-1617
Data ___ Rogers, Richard ___ 1550g-1618
___ British ___ priest ___ 1587-1590
Data ___ Furse, Robert ___ n/a-1593
___ British ___ farmer ___ 1593
Data ___ Hoby, Margaret ___ 1570-1633
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1599-1605
Data ___ Clifford, Anne ___ 1590-1676
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1603-1619
Data ___ Slingsby, Henry ___ 1601-1658
___ British ___ politician ___ 1638-1648
Data ___ Newcombe, Henry ___ 1627-1695
___ British ___ priest ___ 1644-1695
Data ___ Eyre, Adam ___ 1614-1661 ___
British ___ soldier ___ 1646-1649
Data ___ Moore, Giles ___ 1635-1679
___ British ___ priest ___ 1655-1679
Data ___ Mordaunt, Elizabeth ___
1630c-1679 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1656-1678
Data ___ Pepys, Samuel ___ 1633-1703
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1660-1669
Data ___ Freke, Elizabeth ___ 1641-1714
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1671-1714
Data ___ Newdigate, Richard ___
1644-1710 ___ British ___ landowner ___ 1680-1709
Data ___ Morris, Claver ___ 1659-1727
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1709-1710 1718-1726
Data ___ Gordon, Robert ___ n/a-n/a
___ Irish ___ priest ___ 1725-1744
Data ___ Baker, John ___ 1712-1779
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1750-1779
Data ___ Turner, Thomas ___ 1729-1793
___ British ___ tradesman ___ 1754-1765
Data ___ Powys, Caroline ___ 1737-1808
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1756-1808
Data ___ Woodforde, James ___
1740-1803 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1759-1802
Data ___ Coke, Mary ___ 1727-1811 ___
British ___ n/a ___ 1766-1791
Data ___ Thrale, Hester Lynch Piozzi
___ 1741-1821 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1766-1809
Data ___ Bailey, Abigail Abbot
___ 1764-1815 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1767g-1793g
Data ___ Jones, William ___ 1755-1821
___ British ___ priest ___ 1774-1821
Data ___ Leadbeater, Mary ___
1758-1826 ___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1774-1826
Data ___ Butler, Eleanor ___ 1739g-1829
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Ballard, Martha ___ 1735-1812
___ American ___ nurse ___ 1785-1812
Data ___ Wynne, Eugenia ___
1780-n/a ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1789-1811
Data ___ Fremantle, Elizabeth ___
1779-1857 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1789-1857
Data ___ Fuller, Elizabeth ___ 1775-1856
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1790-1792
Data ___ Stevens, William
Bagshaw ___ 1756-1800 ___ British ___ teacher, priest ___ 1792-1800
Data ___ Roden, Anne ___ 1730-1802
___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1794-1802
Data ___ Fry, Elizabeth ___ 1780-1845
___ British ___ reformer ___ 1797-1845
Data ___ Fortescue, Marianne ___
1767-1849 ___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1798
Data ___ Wordsworth, Dorothy ___
1771-1855 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1798-1828
Data ___ Nugent, Maria ___ 1771-1834
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin
___ n/a-n/a ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1806-1808 1823-1824
Data ___ Lister, Anne ___ 1791-1840
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1806-1839
Data ___ Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
___ 1797-1851 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1814-1844
Data ___ Pease, Edward ___ 1767-1858
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1857
Data ___ Hall, Emily ___ 1819-1901
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1901
Data ___ Hall, Ellen ___ 1822-1911
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1901
Data ___ Smith, Elizabeth ___ 1797-1885
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1840-1850
Data ___ Hargrave, Letitia ___ n/a-1854
___ Canadian ___ n/a ___ 1840-1851
Data ___ Whistler, Anna Mathilda
___ 1804-1881 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1843-1849
Data ___ Preus, Linka ___ 1829-1880
___ Norwegian ___ n/a ___ 1845-1864
Data ___ Tolstoy, Leo ___ 1828-1910
___ Russian ___ writer ___ 1846-1910
Data ___ Peterson, Andrew ___ 1818-1898
___ Swedish ___ farmer ___ 1850 1854g-1898g
Data ___ Cullwick, Hannah ___ 1833-1909
___ British ___ servant ___ 1854-1873
Data ___ Carlyle, Jane Welsh ___
1801-1866 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1855-1856
Data ___ Eliot, George ___ 1819-1880
___ British ___ writer ___ 1855-1877
Data ___ Tolstoy, Sofia ___
1844-1919 ___ Russian ___ n/a ___ 1860-1919
Data ___ Solomon, Clara ___
1845-1907 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1861-1862
Data ___ Chesnut, Mary Boykin ___
1823-1886 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1861-1865
Data ___ Emerson, Nancy ___ 1807-1864
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1862-1864
Data ___ Andrews, Eliza Frances ___
1840-1931 ___ American ___ writer, naturalist ___ 1864-1865 1870-1872
Data ___ Dostoevsky, Anna Grigoryevna
___ 1846-1918 ___ Russian ___ n/a ___ 1867
Data ___ Wagner, Cosima Liszt ___
1837-1930 ___ Italian ___ n/a ___ 1869-1883
Data ___ Birchall, Emily ___
1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873
Data ___ Desaulles, Henriette ___
1860-1946 ___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1874-1881
Data ___ Beaman, Libby ___ n/a-1932
___ American ___ teacher ___ 1879-1880
Data ___ Potter, Beatrix ___ 1866-1943
___ British ___ writer, painter ___ 1881-1897
Data ___ Montgomery, Lucy Maud
___ 1874-1942 ___ Canadian ___ teacher, writer ___ 1889-1942
Data ___ Peerless, Henry ___ 1866-1930
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1891-1920
Data ___ Mansfield, Katherine ___
1888-1923 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1904-1922
Data ___ Ranfurly, Hermione ___
1913-2001 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1913-1945
Data ___ Stevenson, Frances
___ 1888-1972 ___ British ___ teacher ___ 1914-1936
Data ___ Inman, Arthur Crew ___ 1895-1963
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1919-1963
Data ___ Lewis, C S ___ 1898-1963
___ British ___ writer ___ 1922-1927
Data ___ Ellis, Edward Robb ___ 1911-1998
___ American ___ writer ___ 1927-1998
Data ___ Delafield, E M ___ 1890-1943
___ British ___ writer ___ 1930-1940g
Data ___ Powell, Dawn ___ 1897-1965
___ American ___ writer ___ 1931-1965
Data ___ Klemperer, Victor ___
1881-1960 ___ German ___ teacher ___ 1933-1945
Data ___ Shirer, William L ___ 1904-1993
___ American ___ writer ___ 1934-1945
Data ___ Last, Nella ___ 1890-1968 ___
British ___ craftsperson ___ 1939-1965
Data ___ Partridge, Frances ___
1900-2002 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1940-1971
Data ___ Origo, Iris ___ 1902-1988
___ British ___ writer ___ 1943-1944
Data ___ Gladwyn, Cynthia ___ 1898-1990
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1946-1971
Data ___ Sarton, May ___ 1912-1995
___ American (born Belgium) ___ writer ___ 1973-1992
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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.