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
religious (sorted
by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
Data ___ Daishi, Jikaku ___ 793-864
___ Japanese ___ diplomat, priest, writer ___ 838-848
Data ___ Shikibu, Murasaki ___
973g-1025g ___ Japanese ___ n/a ___ 1007-1010
Data ___ Michichika, Minamoto
___ 1149-1202 ___ Japanese ___ politician, poet ___ 1180-1181
Data ___ Nijo, ___ 1258-1306g ___ Japanese
___ n/a ___ 1271-1306g
Data ___ Sogi, ___ 1421g-1501 ___ Japanese
___ priest, writer ___ 1468 1480
Data ___ Pu, Ch'oe ___ 1454-1504 ___ Korean
___ diplomat ___ 1487-1488
Data ___ Torre, Tomás de la
___ 1510c-1567 ___ Spanish ___ priest ___ 1544-1545
Data ___ Edward VI, ___ 1537-1553
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1549-1552
Data ___ Dee, John ___ 1527-1608 ___
British ___ teacher, scientist ___ 1554-1601
Data ___ Wyot, Philip ___ n/a-n/a ___
British ___ civilservant ___ 1586-1608
Data ___ Winthrop, Adam ___ 1548-1623
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1586-1617
Data ___ Rogers, Richard ___ 1550g-1618
___ British ___ priest ___ 1587-1590
Data ___ Castaño de Sosa,
Gaspar ___ 1550g-1593g ___ Portuguese ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1590-1591
Data ___ Penry, John ___ 1559-1593
___ British ___ priest writer ___ 1592-1593
Data ___ Ward, Samuel ___ 1577-1643
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1595-1601 1621-1629
Data ___ Hoby, Margaret ___ 1570-1633
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1599-1605
Data ___ Manningham, John ___
1580c-1622 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1602-1603
Data ___ Clifford, Anne ___ 1590-1676
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1603-1619
Data ___ Ambrose, Isaac ___ 1604-1663
___ British ___ priest ___ 1630g-1660g
Data ___ Boyle, Richard ___ 1566-1643
___ British ___ entrepreneur, politician ___ 1611-1643
Data ___ Laud, William ___ 1573-1645
___ British ___ priest ___ 1621-1645
Data ___ Rous, John ___ 1584-1644 ___
British ___ priest ___ 1625-1642
Data ___ Wallington, Nehemiah
___ 1598-1658 ___ British ___ craftsperson ___ 1630-1658
Data ___ Ambrose, Isaac ___ 1604-1663
___ British ___ priest ___ 1630g-1660g
Data ___ Woodforde, Robert ___
1606-1654 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1637-1641
Data ___ Evelyn, John ___ 1620-1706
___ British ___ writer ___ 1640-1706
Data ___ Josselin, Ralph ___ 1617-1683
___ British ___ priest ___ 1641-1683
Data ___ Dowsing, William ___ 1596-1668
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1643-1644
Data ___ Newcombe, Henry ___ 1627-1695
___ British ___ priest ___ 1644-1695
Data ___ Newdigate, Richard ___
1644-1710 ___ British ___ landowner ___ 1680-1709
Data ___ Mordaunt, Elizabeth ___
1630c-1679 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1656-1678
Data ___ Wood, Anthony ___ 1632-1695
___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1657-1695
Data ___ Lowe, Roger ___ n/a-1679 ___
British ___ tradesman ___ 1663-1674
Data ___ Heywood, Oliver ___ 1630-1702
___ British ___ priest ___ 1666-1702
Data ___ Thoresby, Ralph ___ 1658-1724
___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1667-1724
Data ___ Freke, Elizabeth ___ 1641-1714
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1671-1714
Data ___ Lake, Edward ___ 1642-1704
___ British ___ priest ___ 1677-1678
Data ___ Bufton, John ___ n/a-1699g
___ British ___ craftsperson ___ 1678-1699
Data ___ De La Pryme, Abraham ___
1671-1704 ___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1680-1704
Data ___ Mather, Cotton ___ 1663-1728
___ American ___ priest ___ 1681-1724
Data ___ Cartwright, Thomas ___
1634-1689 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1686-1687
Data ___ Scott, John ___ 1685c-1708
___ Irish ___ priest ___ 1704-1708
Data ___ Morris, Claver ___ 1659-1727
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1709-1710 1718-1726
Data ___ Swift, Jonathan ___ 1667-1745
___ Irish ___ writer, priest ___ 1710-1713
Data ___ Thomlinson, John ___
1692-1762 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1717-1722
Data ___ Parkman, Ebenezer ___ 1703-1782
___ American ___ priest ___ 1719-1782
Data ___ Edwards, Jonathan ___ 1703-1758
___ American ___ priest ___ 1722-1735
Data ___ Byrom, John ___ 1692-1763
___ British ___ writer ___ 1722-1744
Data ___ Gordon, Robert ___ n/a-n/a
___ Irish ___ priest ___ 1725-1744
Data ___ Wesley, John ___ 1703-1791
___ British ___ priest ___ 1725-1791
Data ___ Boltzius, Johann Martin
___ n/a-n/a ___ German ___ priest ___ 1734
Data ___ Whitefield, George ___
1714-1770 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1736-1745
Data ___ Wesley, Charles ___
1707-1788 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1736-1756
Data ___ Gale, Walter ___ n/a-n/a ___
British ___ teacher ___ 1749-1759
Data ___ Rutty, John ___ 1698-1774
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1753-1774
Data ___ Woodforde, James ___
1740-1803 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1759-1802
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795
___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Cole, William ___ 1714-1782
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1765-1767
Data ___ Harris, James ___ 1745-1829
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1767-1820
Data ___ Mydelton, Joseph ___ n/a-1787
___ British ___ priest ___ 1774-1787
Data ___ Jones, William ___ 1755-1821
___ British ___ priest ___ 1774-1821
Data ___ Leadbeater, Mary ___
1758-1826 ___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1774-1826
Data ___ Wilberforce, William
___ 1759-1833 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1779-1833
Data ___ Temple, William Johnstone
___ 1739-1796 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1780-1796
Data ___ Stevens, William
Bagshaw ___ 1756-1800 ___ British ___ teacher, priest ___ 1792-1800
Data ___ Roden, Anne ___ 1730-1802
___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1794-1802
Data ___ Marsden, John ___ 1768-1840
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1795-1816
Data ___ Abbot, Charles ___ 1757-1829
___ British ___ politician ___ 1795-1829
Data ___ Witts, Francis Edward ___
1783-1854 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1795c-1854
Data ___ Fry, Elizabeth ___ 1780-1845
___ British ___ reformer ___ 1797-1845
Data ___ Martyn, Henry ___ 1781-1812
___ British ___ priest ___ 1801-1812
Data ___ Skinner, John ___ 1772-1839
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1803-1834
Data ___ White, Mary Avery ___ n/a-1861
___ American ___ craftsperson ___ 1805-1844
Data ___ Cummins, Nicholas Marshall
___ 1783-1838 ___ Irish ___ tradesman ___ 1810-1821 1834 1837
Data ___ Newton, Benjamin ___ 1761-1830
___ British ___ priest ___ 1816-1818
Data ___ Emerson, Ralph Waldo
___ 1803-1882 ___ American ___ writer, priest ___ 1820-1875
Data ___ Cooper, Antony Ashley ___
1801-1885 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1825-1885
Data ___ Froude, Richard Hurrell ___
1803-1836 ___ British ___ priest, teacher ___ 1826-1828
Data ___ Jackson, Rebecca Cox ___
1795-1871 ___ American ___ priest ___ 1830g-1864
Data ___ Cockburn, Henry ___
1779-1854 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1831-1854
Data ___ Fox, Robert Barclay ___ 1817-1855
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1832-1844
Data ___ Jenkins, ___ 1814g-1862
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1834-1851
Data ___ Kierkegaard, Søren
___ 1813-1855 ___ Danish ___ philosopher ___ 1835-1855
Data ___ Fox, Caroline ___ 1819-1871
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1835-1867
Data ___ Andrew, William Wayte ___
1805-1889 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1835-1889
Data ___ Pease, Edward ___ 1767-1858
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1857
Data ___ Bache, Søren ___ 1814-1890
___ Norwegian ___ farmer ___ 1839-1847
Data ___ Hargrave, Letitia ___ n/a-1854
___ Canadian ___ n/a ___ 1840-1851
Data ___ Manning, Henry Edward ___
1808-1892 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1844-1890
Data ___ Preus, Linka ___ 1829-1880
___ Norwegian ___ n/a ___ 1845-1864
Data ___ Tolstoy, Leo ___ 1828-1910
___ Russian ___ writer ___ 1846-1910
Data ___ Amiel, Henri Frédéric
___ 1821-1881 ___ Swiss ___ philosopher ___ 1847-1881
Data ___ Peterson, Andrew ___ 1818-1898
___ Swedish ___ farmer ___ 1850 1854g-1898g
Data ___ Hopkins, Gerard Manley ___
1844-1889 ___ British ___ poet, priest ___ 1862-1875
Data ___ Hannington, James ___
1847-1885 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1863-1885
Data ___ Harris, Elizabeth Johnson
___ 1867-1923 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1867-1923
Data ___ Kilvert, Francis ___ 1840-1879
___ British ___ priest ___ 1870-1879
Data ___ Benson, Edward White ___
1829-1896 ___ British ___ teacher, priest ___ 1878-1896
Data ___ Baynes, Arthur Hamilton ___
1854-1942 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1899-1900
Data ___ Montgomery, Lucy Maud
___ 1874-1942 ___ Canadian ___ teacher, writer ___ 1889-1942
Data ___ John XXIII, ___ 1881-1963
___ Italian ___ priest ___ 1892-1963
Data ___ King, William Lyon Mackenzie
___ 1874-1950 ___ Canadian ___ politician ___ 1893-1950
Data ___ Maritain, Raïssa ___
1883-1960 ___ Russian ___ writer ___ 1914-1931
Data ___ West, Arthur Graeme ___ 1891-1917
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1915-1916
Data ___ Muggeridge, Malcolm ___
1903-1990 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1932-1962
Data ___ Nouwen, Henri ___ 1932-1996
___ Dutch ___ priest ___ 1974-1996g
Data ___ Senesh, Hanna ___ 1921-1944
___ Hungarian ___ writer, soldier ___ 1934-1944
Data ___ Isherwood, Christopher
___ 1904-1986 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1939-1960
Data ___ Ó Ríordáin,
Seán ___ 1916-1977 ___ Irish ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1940-1977
Data ___ Hillesum, Etty ___ 1914-1943
___ Dutch ___ psychologist ___ 1941-1943
Data ___ Herzberg, Abel J ___ 1893-1989
___ Dutch ___ lawyer, writer ___ 1944-1945
Data ___ Toynbee, Philip ___ 1916-1981
___ British ___ writer ___ 1977-1981
Data ___ Longford, Francis ___ 1905-2001
___ British ___ politician ___ 1981
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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.