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
people (sorted
by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
Data ___ Edward VI, ___ 1537-1553
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1549-1552
Data ___ Evelyn, John ___ 1620-1706
___ British ___ writer ___ 1640-1706
Data ___ Pepys, Samuel ___ 1633-1703
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1660-1669
Data ___ Perceval, John ___ 1683-1748
___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1701 1728-1747
Data ___ Byrom, John ___ 1692-1763
___ British ___ writer ___ 1722-1744
Data ___ Washington, George ___
1732-1799 ___ American ___ soldier, politician ___ 1748-1799
Data ___ Jackson, Ralph ___ 1736-1790
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1753-1780
Data ___ Adams, John ___ 1735-1826
___ American ___ teacher, lawyer, politician ___ 1753-1804
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795
___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Thrale, Hester Lynch Piozzi
___ 1741-1821 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1766-1809
Data ___ Burney, Fanny ___ 1752-1840
___ British ___ writer ___ 1768-1819
Data ___ von Fersen, Hans Axel
___ 1755-1810 ___ Swedish ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1771-1778 1792-1793
Data ___ Leadbeater, Mary ___
1758-1826 ___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1774-1826
Data ___ Temple, William Johnstone
___ 1739-1796 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1780-1796
Data ___ Dyott, William ___ 1761-1846
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1781-1845
Data ___ Berry, Mary ___ 1763-1852
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1783-1848
Data ___ Adams, John Quincy ___ 1767-1848
___ British ___ politician ___ 1787-1789 1794-1848
Data ___ Von Lowenstern, Hermann
Ludwig ___ 1777-1836 ___ German ___ sailor ___ 1793-1815
Data ___ Farington, Joseph ___
1747-1821 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1793-1820
Data ___ Niemcewicz, Julian Ursyn
___ 1757-1841 ___ Polish ___ writer, politician ___ 1797-1799 1805
Data ___ Wordsworth, Dorothy ___
1771-1855 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1798-1828
Data ___ Rose, George ___ 1744-1818
___ British ___ politician ___ 1800-1811
Data ___ Jackson, George ___ 1785-1861
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Robinson, Henry Crabb ___
1775-1867 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1801-1867
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859
___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Haydon, Benjamin ___ 1786-1846
___ British ___ painter ___ 1808-1846
Data ___ Creevey, Thomas ___ 1768-1838
___ British ___ politician ___ 1809-1818
Data ___ Hobhouse, John Cam ___
1786-1869 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1809-1852
Data ___ Byron, George ___ 1788-1824
___ British ___ writer ___ 1813-1814 1816 1821
Data ___ Campbell, Neil ___ 1776-1827
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1814-1815
Data ___ Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
___ 1797-1851 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1814-1844
Data ___ Moore, Thomas ___ 1779-1852
___ Irish ___ writer ___ 1814-1847
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish
Fulke ___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Cockburn, George
___ 1772-1853 ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1815
Data ___ Malcolm, Clementina ___
1785??-1830 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1816-1817
Data ___ Fox, Henry Edward ___ 1802-1859
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1818-1830
Data ___ Emerson, Ralph Waldo
___ 1803-1882 ___ American ___ writer, priest ___ 1820-1875
Data ___ Delacroix, Eugène
Ferdinand ___ 1798-1863 ___ French ___ painter ___ 1822-1824 1832-1847
Data ___ Cooper, Antony Ashley ___
1801-1885 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1825-1885
Data ___ Gladstone, William ___
1809-1898 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1826-1896
Data ___ Ruskin, John ___ 1819-1900
___ British ___ writer ___ 1830 1835-1889
Data ___ Wilberforce, Samuel
___ 1805-1873 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1830-1873
Data ___ Raikes, Thomas ___ 1777-1848
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1831-1847
Data ___ Victoria, ___ 1819-1901
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1832-1840 1842-1882
Data ___ Fox, Robert Barclay ___ 1817-1855
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1832-1844
Data ___ Macready, William Charles
___ 1793-1873 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1833-1851
Data ___ Jenkins, ___ 1814g-1862
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1834-1851
Data ___ Fox, Caroline ___ 1819-1871
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1835-1867
Data ___ Thoreau, Henry ___ 1817-1862
___ American ___ writer, philosopher, naturalist ___ 1837-1861
Data ___ Brown, Ford Madox ___
1821-1893 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1847-1866
Data ___ De Goncourt, Edmond
___ 1822-1896 ___ French ___ writer ___ 1851-1896
Data ___ De Goncourt, Jules ___
1830-1870 ___ French ___ writer ___ 1851-1896
Data ___ Duff, Mountstuart Grant ___
1829-1906 ___ British ___ civilservant, politician ___ 1851-1901
Data ___ Carlyle, Jane Welsh ___
1801-1866 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1855-1856
Data ___ Hay, John Milton ___ 1838-1905
___ American ___ writer, diplomat ___ 1861-1870
Data ___ Domett, Alfred ___ 1811-1887
___ British ___ poet, politician ___ 1872-1885
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943
___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Kessler, Harry ___ 1868-1937
___ French ___ soldier ___ 1880-1937
Data ___ Bailey, John Cann ___ 1864-1931
___ British ___ writer ___ 1886-1930
Data ___ Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen ___
1840-1922 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1888-1914
Data ___ James, Alice ___ 1848-1892
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1889-1892
Data ___ Gide, André ___ 1869-1951
___ French ___ writer ___ 1889-1949
Data ___ Gregory, Isabella Augusta
___ 1852-1932 ___ Irish ___ writer ___ 1892-1902 1916-1930
Data ___ Renard, Jules ___ 1824-1910
___ French ___ writer ___ 1893-1910
Data ___ King, William Lyon Mackenzie
___ 1874-1950 ___ Canadian ___ politician ___ 1893-1950
Data ___ Mahler-Werfel, Alma ___ 1879-1964
___ Austrian ___ musician ___ 1898-1902
Data ___ Lascelles, Alan Frederick
___ 1887-1981 ___ British ___ soldier, civilservant ___ 1898-1936
Data ___ Moseley, Sydney ___ 1888-1961
___ British ___ writer ___ 1903-1960
Data ___ Mansfield, Katherine ___
1888-1923 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1904-1922
Data ___ Palmer, Nettie ___ 1885-1964
___ Australian ___ poet ___ 1910-1922 1925-1939
Data ___ Lowndes, Marie Belloc ___
1868-1947 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1911-1946
Data ___ Waugh, Evelyn ___ 1903-1966
___ British ___ writer ___ 1911-1965
Data ___ Brittain, Vera ___ 1893-1970
___ British ___ writer ___ 1913-1917 1932-1945
Data ___ Ranfurly, Hermione ___
1913-2001 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1913-1945
Data ___ Stevenson, Frances
___ 1888-1972 ___ British ___ teacher ___ 1914-1936
Data ___ Brenan, Gerald ___ 1894-1987
___ British (born in Malta) ___ writer ___ 1914-1964
Data ___ Nin, Anaïs ___ 1903-1977
___ French ___ writer ___ 1914-1971
Data ___ Asquith, Cynthia ___ 1887-1960
___ British ___ writer ___ 1915-1918
Data ___ Sassoon, Siegfried ___ 1886-1967
___ British ___ poet ___ 1915-1925
Data ___ Woolf, Virginia ___ 1882-1941
___ British ___ writer ___ 1915-1941
Data ___ Lockhart, Robert Bruce
___ 1887-1970 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1915-1970
Data ___ Carrington, Dora de Houghton
___ 1893-1932 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1917-1932
Data ___ De Pougy, Liane ___ 1869-1950
___ French ___ n/a ___ 1919-1941
Data ___ Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
___ 1906-2001 ___ American ___ aviator, writer ___ 1922-1944
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995
___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Goebbels, Paul Josef ___
1897-1945 ___ German ___ politician ___ 1925-1926 1939-1941
Data ___ Ellis, Edward Robb ___ 1911-1998
___ American ___ writer ___ 1927-1998
Data ___ Cocteau, Jean ___ 1889-1963
___ French ___ writer, director ___ 1928-1963
Data ___ Bullard, Reader ___ 1885-1976
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1930-1934
Data ___ Mencken, Henry Louis ___
1880-1956 ___ American ___ writer, editor ___ 1930-1948
Data ___ Powell, Dawn ___ 1897-1965
___ American ___ writer ___ 1931-1965
Data ___ Muggeridge, Malcolm ___
1903-1990 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1932-1962
Data ___ Channon, Henry ___ 1897-1958
___ American ___ politician ___ 1934-1953
Data ___ Agate, James Evershed ___
1877-1947 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1935-1947
Data ___ Gascoyne, David ___ 1916-2001
___ British ___ poet ___ 1936-1939
Data ___ Lindbergh, Charles
___ 1902-1974 ___ American ___ aviator ___ 1938-1945
Data ___ Ciano, Galeazzo ___ 1903-1943
___ Italian ___ diplomat, politician ___ 1939-1943
Data ___ Isherwood, Christopher
___ 1904-1986 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1939-1960
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen
___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ Partridge, Frances ___
1900-2002 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1940-1971
Data ___ King, Cecil Harmsworth
___ 1901-1987 ___ British ___ merchant ___ 1940-1945 1965-1974
Data ___ Coward, Noel Peirce ___ 1899-1973
___ British ___ writer, actor ___ 1941-1969
Data ___ Williams, Kenneth ___ 1926-1988
___ British ___ actor ___ 1942-1988
Data ___ Lees-Milne, James ___
1908-1997 ___ British ___ historian, writer ___ 1942-1949, 1953-1954, 1971-1997
Data ___ Gaitskell, Hugh ___ 1906-1963
___ British ___ politician ___ 1945-1956
Data ___ Gladwyn, Cynthia ___ 1898-1990
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1946-1971
Data ___ Pearson, Drew ___ 1897-1969
___ American ___ writer ___ 1949-1959
Data ___ Collis, Maurice ___ 1889-1973
___ Irish ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1949-1969
Data ___ Plath, Sylvia ___ 1932-1963
___ American ___ writer ___ 1950-1962
Data ___ Crossman, Richard ___ 1907-1974
___ British ___ politician ___ 1951-1870
Data ___ Rorem, Ned ___ 1923-n/a ___
American ___ composer, writer ___ 1951-1999
Data ___ Casson, Hugh ___ 1910-1999
___ British ___ architect ___ 1954 1980
Data ___ Benn, Anthony ___ 1925-n/a
___ British ___ politician ___ 1963-2001
Data ___ Castle, Barbara ___ 1911-2002
___ British ___ politician ___ 1964-1976
Data ___ Orton, Joe ___ 1933-1967 ___
British ___ writer ___ 1966-1967
Data ___ Wojnarowicz, David ___
1955-1992 ___ American ___ painter ___ 1971-1990
Data ___ Hall, Peter ___ 1930-n/a
___ British ___ director ___ 1972-1980
Data ___ Clark, Alan ___ 1928-1999
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1972-1999
Data ___ Coppola, Eleanor ___ 1936-n/a
___ American ___ designer ___ 1976-1979
Data ___ Warhol, Andy ___ 1926-1987
___ American ___ painter, director ___ 1976-1987
Data ___ Hussey, Gemma ___ 1938-n/a
___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1982-1987
Data ___ Powell, Anthony ___ 1905-2000
___ British ___ writer ___ 1982-1992
Data ___ Wyatt, Woodrow ___ 1918-1997
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1985-1997
Data ___ Bowles, Paul ___ 1910-1999
___ American ___ writer ___ 1987-1989
Data ___ Guinness, Alec ___ 1914-2000
___ British ___ actor ___ 1995
ADVERTISEMENTS
A novel in search of a publisher: 'Begetting
- Loss - Recovery', or BLR for short, is a psychological thriller. The
story, told in three parts corresponding to those in the title, deals with
a fear that taps deep into the veins of our society. In the first part the
narrator, Bill, reflects on his relationship with Susan, and the circumstances
which led them to have a child, Belinda. Part two begins with the inexplicable
loss of Belinda, and takes place over seven tense days. Bill describes his
fluctuating mental processes and his impotent practical responses to the
crisis. Part three, which is narrated in the present tense, builds to an
exciting climax.
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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.