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
non-European countries (sorted
by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
AFGHANISTAN
Data ___ Griffith, William
___ 1810-1845 ___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
ALGERIA
Data ___ Hall, Emily
___ 1819-1901 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1901
Data ___ Hall, Ellen ___ 1822-1911
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1901
Data ___ Gide, André ___ 1869-1951
___ French ___ writer ___ 1889-1949
ANTARTICA
Data ___ Mawson, Douglas
___ 1882-1958 ___ Australian ___ teacher, explorer ___ 1907-1914 1929-1931
ARGENTINA
Data ___ Darwin, Charles
___ 1809-1882 ___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Camus, Albert ___ 1913-1960
___ Algerian ___ writer ___ 1946 1949
AUSTRALIA
Data ___ Cook, James ___
1728-1779 ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1768-1779
Data ___ Cunningham, Allan
___ 1791-1839 ___ British ___ naturalist, explorer ___ 1817-1818
Data ___ Moore, George Fletcher
___ 1798-1886 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1830-1841
Data ___ Mitchell, Thomas ___
1792-1855 ___ British ___ surveyor ___ 1831-1836 1845
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943
___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Mountbatten, Louis ___
1900-1979 ___ British ___ sailor, civilservant ___ 1921-1979
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986
___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
BOLIVIA
Data ___ Guevara, Ernesto
___ 1928-1967 ___ Argentinian ___ politician ___ 1951-1952 1966-1967
BRAZIL
Data ___ Madox, Richard
___ 1546-1583 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1582
Data ___ De La Pérouse,
Jean-François De Galaup ___ 1741-1788 ___ French ___ sailor, explorer
___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Camus, Albert ___ 1913-1960
___ Algerian ___ writer ___ 1946 1949
BURMA
Data ___ Griffith, William
___ 1810-1845 ___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
CANADA
Data ___ Munk, Jens ___ 1579-1628
___ Danish ___ explorer ___ 1619-1620
Data ___ Knox, John ___ 1741-1778 ___
Irish ___ soldier ___ 1757-1760
Data ___ Dyott, William ___ 1761-1846
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1781-1845
Data ___ Simcoe, Elizabeth ___ 1762-1850
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1791-1796
Data ___ Moore, George ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1844
Data ___ Hamilton-Gordon, Ishbel
Maria ___ 1857-1939 ___ British ___ reformer ___ 1890-1899
Data ___ Leopold, Aldo ___ 1887-1948
___ American ___ forester ___ 1924-1938
CARIBBEAN
Data ___ d'Ibberville,
Pierre Lemoyne ___ 1661-1706 ___ Canadian ___ sailor, explorer ___ 1698-1699
Data ___ Jones, William ___ 1755-1821
___ British ___ priest ___ 1774-1821
Data ___ Nugent, Maria ___ 1771-1834
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1801-1816
CHILE
Data ___ Camus, Albert ___
1913-1960 ___ Algerian ___ writer ___ 1946 1949
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Guevara, Ernesto ___ 1928-1967
___ Argentinian ___ politician ___ 1951-1952 1966-1967
CHINA
Data ___ Pu, Ch'oe ___ 1454-1504
___ Korean ___ diplomat ___ 1487-1488
Data ___ Herbert, Thomas ___ 1606-1682
___ British ___ historian ___ 1627-1629
Data ___ Mydelton, Joseph ___ n/a-1787
___ British ___ priest ___ 1774-1787
Data ___ Von Lowenstern, Hermann
Ludwig ___ 1777-1836 ___ German ___ sailor ___ 1793-1815
Data ___ Gordon, Charles ___ 1833-1885
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1863 1884
Data ___ Bell, Gertrude ___ 1868-1926
___ British ___ writer diplomat ___ 1877-1919
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
Data ___ Hill, John Edward Bernard
___ 1912-n/a ___ British ___ farmer politician ___ 1935 1937
Data ___ Rabe, John ___ 1882-1949 ___
German ___ merchant ___ 1937-1938
Data ___ Casson, Hugh ___ 1910-1999
___ British ___ architect ___ 1954 1980
Data ___ Daishi, Jikaku ___ 793-864
___ Japanese ___ diplomat, priest, writer ___ 838-848
CONGO
Data ___ Gide, André
___ 1869-1951 ___ French ___ writer ___ 1889-1949
ECUADOR
Data ___ Michaux, Henri
___ 1899-1984 ___ Belgian ___ artist, poet ___ 1929
EGYPT
Data ___ Khusraw, Nasir-i
___ 1004-1088 ___ Iranian ___ civilservant, poet ___ 1045-1052
Data ___ Dyott, William ___ 1761-1846
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1781-1845
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864
___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Graham, Gerald ___ 1831-1899
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1854-1885
Data ___ Gordon, Charles ___ 1833-1885
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1863 1884
Data ___ Cory, William Johnson ___ 1823-1892
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1863-1873
Data ___ Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen ___
1840-1922 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1888-1914
Data ___ Ranfurly, Hermione ___
1913-2001 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1913-1945
Data ___ Grenfell, Joyce Irene ___
1910-1979 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1944-1945
GUATEMALA
Data ___ Torre, Tomás
de la ___ 1510c-1567 ___ Spanish ___ priest ___ 1544-1545
HAWAII
Data ___ Cook, James ___
1728-1779 ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1768-1779
HONG KONG
Data ___ Hill, Donald ___
1921-1985 ___ British ___ aviator ___ 1939-1945g
INDIA
Data ___ da Gama, Vasco
___ 1469c-1524 ___ Portuguese ___ sailor ___ 1497-1499
Data ___ Coverte, Robert ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607-1611
Data ___ Rawdon, Francis ___ 1754-1826
___ British ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1794-1795 1813-1818
Data ___ Martyn, Henry ___ 1781-1812
___ British ___ priest ___ 1801-1812
Data ___ Nugent, Maria ___ 1771-1834
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845
___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
Data ___ Duff, Mountstuart Grant ___
1829-1906 ___ British ___ civilservant, politician ___ 1851-1901
Data ___ Knight, William Henry ___
n/a-n/a ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1860
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943
___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen ___
1840-1922 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1888-1914
Data ___ Jacob, Violet ___ 1863-1946
___ British ___ poet ___ 1897-1899
Data ___ Mountbatten, Louis ___
1900-1979 ___ British ___ sailor, civilservant ___ 1921-1979
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
Data ___ Ackerley, Joseph ___ 1896-1967
___ British ___ editor ___ 1923-1924, 1948-1957
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995
___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Muggeridge, Malcolm ___
1903-1990 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1932-1962
Data ___ Hill, John Edward Bernard
___ 1912-n/a ___ British ___ farmer politician ___ 1935 1937
Data ___ Merton, Thomas ___
1915-1968 ___ American ___ priest ___ 1939-1968
Data ___ Grenfell, Joyce Irene ___
1910-1979 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1944-1945
INDONESIA
Data ___ Keeling, William
___ 1578-1620 ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607 1615-1617
Data ___ Friend, Donald ___ 1915-1989
___ Australian ___ artist, writer ___ 1929-1989g
Data ___ Hill, John Edward Bernard
___ 1912-n/a ___ British ___ farmer politician ___ 1935 1937
IRAN
Data ___ Herbert, Thomas
___ 1606-1682 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1627-1629
IRAQ
Data ___ Grenfell, Joyce
Irene ___ 1910-1979 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1944-1945
JAPAN
Data ___ Herbert, Thomas
___ 1606-1682 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1627-1629
Data ___ De La Pérouse,
Jean-François De Galaup ___ 1741-1788 ___ French ___ sailor, explorer
___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Von Lowenstern, Hermann
Ludwig ___ 1777-1836 ___ German ___ sailor ___ 1793-1815
Data ___ Mountbatten, Louis ___
1900-1979 ___ British ___ sailor, civilservant ___ 1921-1979
JORDAN
Data ___ Hill, John Edward
Bernard ___ 1912-n/a ___ British ___ farmer politician ___ 1935 1937
KOREA
Data ___ Choshoshi,
Kinoshita ___ 1569-1649 ___ Japanese ___ soldier, poet ___ 1592
MADAGASCAR
Data ___ Herbert, Thomas
___ 1606-1682 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1627-1629
Data ___ Mydelton, Joseph ___ n/a-1787
___ British ___ priest ___ 1774-1787
MALAYSIA
Data ___ Brooke, Charles
Anthony ___ 1829-1917 ___ British ___ civilservant, sovereign ___ 1852-1862
1866-1868
MEXICO
Data ___ Escobar, Fray
Francisco ___ n/a-n/a ___ Spanish ___ priest, explorer ___ 1604-1605
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986
___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
MOROCCO
Data ___ Delacroix,
Eugène ___ 1798-1863 ___ French ___ painter ___ 1822-1824 1832-1847
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
Data ___ Rorem, Ned ___ 1923-n/a ___
American ___ composer, writer ___ 1951-1999
Data ___ Orton, Joe ___ 1933-1967 ___
British ___ writer ___ 1966-1967
Data ___ Bowles, Paul ___ 1910-1999
___ American ___ writer ___ 1987-1989
NEW ZEALAND
Data ___ Darwin, Charles
___ 1809-1882 ___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Mountbatten, Louis ___
1900-1979 ___ British ___ sailor, civilservant ___ 1921-1979
PALESTINE
Data ___ Duff, Mountstuart
Grant ___ 1829-1906 ___ British ___ civilservant, politician ___ 1851-1901
Data ___ Hannington, James ___
1847-1885 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1863-1885
Data ___ Senesh, Hanna ___ 1921-1944
___ Hungarian ___ writer, soldier ___ 1934-1944
PERSIA
Data ___ Martyn, Henry
___ 1781-1812 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1801-1812
Data ___ Bell, Gertrude ___ 1868-1926
___ British ___ writer diplomat ___ 1877-1919
PERU
Data ___ Guevara, Ernesto
___ 1928-1967 ___ Argentinian ___ politician ___ 1951-1952 1966-1967
PHILIPPINES
Data ___ De La Pérouse,
Jean-François De Galaup ___ 1741-1788 ___ French ___ sailor, explorer
___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Scriven, George Percival
___ 1854-1940 ___ American ___ soldier ___ 1899-1901
SIERRA LEONE
Data ___ Madox, Richard
___ 1546-1583 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1582
SINGAPORE
Data ___ Poynton, John
Orde ___ 1906-2001 ___ British ___ doctor ___ 1942-1943
SRI LANKA
Data ___ Keeling, William
___ 1578-1620 ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607 1615-1617
Data ___ Herbert, Thomas ___ 1606-1682
___ British ___ historian ___ 1627-1629
Data ___ Woolf, Leonard ___ 1880-1969
___ British ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1908-1911
Data ___ Friend, Donald ___ 1915-1989
___ Australian ___ artist, writer ___ 1929-1989g
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986
___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
Data ___ Merton, Thomas ___
1915-1968 ___ American ___ priest ___ 1939-1968
SUDAN
Data ___ Graham, Gerald
___ 1831-1899 ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1854-1885
SYRIA
Data ___ Bell, Gertrude ___
1868-1926 ___ British ___ writer diplomat ___ 1877-1919
TAHITI
Data ___ Darwin, Charles
___ 1809-1882 ___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
THAILAND
Data ___ Merton,
Thomas ___ 1915-1968 ___ American ___ priest ___ 1939-1968
TIBET
Data ___ Knight, William
Henry ___ n/a-n/a ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1860
TUNISIA
Data ___ Klee, Paul ___ 1879-1940
___ Swiss ___ artist ___ 1897-1918 1914
TURKEY
Data ___ Barbaro, Nicolo
___ n/a-n/a ___ Italian ___ doctor ___ 1453
Data ___ Dallam, Thomas ___ 1575c-1630c
___ British ___ craftsperson, musician ___ 1598-1600
Data ___ Coverte, Robert ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607-1611
Data ___ Cory, William Johnson ___ 1823-1892
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1863-1873
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864
___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
UGANDA
Data ___ Hannington,
James ___ 1847-1885 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1863-1885
US
Data ___ Escobar, Fray
Francisco ___ n/a-n/a ___ Spanish ___ priest, explorer ___ 1604-1605
Data ___ d'Ibberville, Pierre
Lemoyne ___ 1661-1706 ___ Canadian ___ sailor, explorer ___ 1698-1699
Data ___ Wesley, John ___ 1703-1791
___ British ___ priest ___ 1725-1791
Data ___ Whitefield, George ___
1714-1770 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1736-1745
Data ___ Wesley, Charles ___
1707-1788 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1736-1756
Data ___ Croghan, George ___ 1720c-1782
___ Irish ___ tradesman, civilservant ___ 1751g-1767g
Data ___ Knox, John ___ 1741-1778 ___
Irish ___ soldier ___ 1757-1760
Data ___ Cresswell, Nicholas ___
1750-1804 ___ British ___ farmer ___ 1774-1777
Data ___ Ewald, Johann ___ 1744-1813
___ German ___ soldier ___ 1776-1784
Data ___ De La Pérouse,
Jean-François De Galaup ___ 1741-1788 ___ French ___ sailor, explorer
___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Niemcewicz, Julian Ursyn
___ 1757-1841 ___ Polish ___ writer, politician ___ 1797-1799 1805
Data ___ Cobbett, William ___ 1763-1835
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1817-1818 1821-1832
Data ___ Kemble, Fanny ___ 1809-1893
___ British ___ actor ___ 1831-1839
Data ___ Bache, Søren ___ 1814-1890
___ Norwegian ___ farmer ___ 1839-1847
Data ___ Moore, George ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1844
Data ___ Preus, Linka ___ 1829-1880
___ Norwegian ___ n/a ___ 1845-1864
Data ___ Windeler, Adolphus ___
n/a-n/a ___ German ___ sailor ___ 1849-1853
Data ___ Norelius, Eric ___ 1833-1916
___ Swedish ___ priest ___ 1851-1856 1885-1886
Data ___ Bodichon, Barbara Leigh
___ 1827-1891 ___ American ___ writer, reformer ___ 1857-1858
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943
___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Stevenson, Robert Louis
___ 1850-1894 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1878 1880
Data ___ Nin, Anaïs ___ 1903-1977
___ French ___ writer ___ 1914-1971
Data ___ Romanoff, Alexis Lawrence
___ 1892-1980 ___ Russian ___ soldier, teacher ___ 1917-1920 1936-1948
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986
___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
Data ___ Hill, John Edward Bernard
___ 1912-n/a ___ British ___ farmer politician ___ 1935 1937
Data ___ Isherwood, Christopher
___ 1904-1986 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1939-1960
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen
___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ Camus, Albert ___ 1913-1960
___ Algerian ___ writer ___ 1946 1949
Data ___ Gladwyn, Cynthia ___ 1898-1990
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1946-1971
Data ___ De Beauvoir, Simone ___
1908-1986 ___ French ___ teacher, writer ___ 1947
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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.