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
childhood, historyeye, nazism, royalty, slavery
(sorted by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
CHILDHOOD
Data ___ Sarashina,
___ 1009-n/a ___ Japanese ___ n/a ___ 1009-1059
Data ___ Edward VI, ___ 1537-1553
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1549-1552
Data ___ Isham, Thomas ___ 1657-1681
___ British ___ landowner ___ 1671-1673
Data ___ Winslow, Anna Green ___
1759-1779 ___ Canadian ___ n/a ___ 1771
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 ___ Browne, Mary ___ 1807-1833
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1821
Data ___ Grey, Thomas ___ 1810-1826
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1826
Data ___ Shore, Emily ___ 1819-1839
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1831-1839
Data ___ Victoria, ___ 1819-1901
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1832-1840 1842-1882
Data ___ Fox, Robert Barclay ___ 1817-1855
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1832-1844
Data ___ Alcott, Louisa May ___ 1832-1888
___ American ___ writer ___ 1843-1888
Data ___ Preus, Linka ___ 1829-1880
___ Norwegian ___ n/a ___ 1845-1864
Data ___ Solomon, Clara ___
1845-1907 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1861-1862
Data ___ Hannington, James ___
1847-1885 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1863-1885
Data ___ Andrews, Eliza Frances ___
1840-1931 ___ American ___ writer, naturalist ___ 1864-1865 1870-1872
Data ___ Lagerlöf, Selma ___
1858-1940 ___ Swedish ___ writer ___ 1873
Data ___ Bashkirtseff, Marie
___ 1858-1884 ___ Russian ___ painter ___ 1873-1884
Data ___ Desaulles, Henriette ___
1860-1946 ___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1874-1881
Data ___ Potter, Beatrix ___ 1866-1943
___ British ___ writer, painter ___ 1881-1897
Data ___ Brittain, Vera ___ 1893-1970
___ British ___ writer ___ 1913-1917 1932-1945
Data ___ Britten, Benjamin ___ 1913-1976
___ British ___ composer ___ 1928-1938
Data ___ Senesh, Hanna ___ 1921-1944
___ Hungarian ___ writer, soldier ___ 1934-1944
Data ___ Wyndham, Joan ___ 1922-n/a
___ British ___ writer ___ 1939-1990
Data ___ Frank, Anne ___ 1929-1945
___ German ___ n/a ___ 1942-1944
Data ___ Plath, Sylvia ___ 1932-1963
___ American ___ writer ___ 1950-1962
Data ___ Bennett, Alan ___ 1934-n/a
___ British ___ writer ___ 1969-1990
HISTORYEYE
Data ___ Barbaro, Nicolo
___ n/a-n/a ___ Italian ___ doctor ___ 1453
Data ___ Edward VI, ___ 1537-1553
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1549-1552
Data ___ Slingsby, Henry ___ 1601-1658
___ British ___ politician ___ 1638-1648
Data ___ Aston, John ___ 1602-1650g
___ British ___ courtier ___ 1639
Data ___ Evelyn, John ___ 1620-1706
___ British ___ writer ___ 1640-1706
Data ___ Pepys, Samuel ___ 1633-1703
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1660-1669
Data ___ Stevens, John ___ n/a-1726
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1689-1691
Data ___ Byrom, Elizabeth ___ 1722-1801
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1745-1746
Data ___ Washington, George ___
1732-1799 ___ American ___ soldier, politician ___ 1748-1799
Data ___ Adams, John ___ 1735-1826
___ American ___ teacher, lawyer, politician ___ 1753-1804
Data ___ Adams, John Quincy ___ 1767-1848
___ British ___ politician ___ 1787-1789 1794-1848
Data ___ Fremantle, Elizabeth ___
1779-1857 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1789-1857
Data ___ von Fersen, Hans Axel
___ 1755-1810 ___ Swedish ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1771-1778 1792-1793
Data ___ Fortescue, Marianne ___
1767-1849 ___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1798
Data ___ Jackson, George ___ 1785-1861
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Campbell, Neil ___ 1776-1827
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1814-1815
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish
Fulke ___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Cockburn, George ___
1772-1853 ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1815
Data ___ Joinville, Francois Ferdinand
___ 1818-1900 ___ French ___ sailor ___ 1818-1848
Data ___ Gladstone, William ___
1809-1898 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1826-1896
Data ___ Victoria, ___ 1819-1901
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1832-1840 1842-1882
Data ___ Hay, John Milton ___ 1838-1905
___ American ___ writer, diplomat ___ 1861-1870
Data ___ Andrews, Eliza Frances ___
1840-1931 ___ American ___ writer, naturalist ___ 1864-1865 1870-1872
Data ___ King, William Lyon Mackenzie
___ 1874-1950 ___ Canadian ___ politician ___ 1893-1950
Data ___ Mountbatten, Louis ___
1900-1979 ___ British ___ sailor, civilservant ___ 1921-1979
Data ___ Goebbels, Paul Josef ___
1897-1945 ___ German ___ politician ___ 1925-1926 1939-1941
Data ___ Bullard, Reader ___ 1885-1976
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1930-1934
Data ___ Shirer, William L ___ 1904-1993
___ American ___ writer ___ 1934-1945
Data ___ Rabe, John ___ 1882-1949 ___
German ___ merchant ___ 1937-1938
Data ___ Cadogan, Alexander ___ 1884-1968
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1938-1945
Data ___ Ciano, Galeazzo ___ 1903-1943
___ Italian ___ diplomat, politician ___ 1939-1943
Data ___ Menzies, Robert ___ 1894-1978
___ Australian ___ politician ___ 1941
Data ___ Gaitskell, Hugh ___ 1906-1963
___ British ___ politician ___ 1945-1956
Data ___ Pearson, Drew ___ 1897-1969
___ American ___ writer ___ 1949-1959
Data ___ Crossman, Richard ___ 1907-1974
___ British ___ politician ___ 1951-1870
Data ___ Benn, Anthony ___ 1925-n/a
___ British ___ politician ___ 1963-2001
Data ___ Castle, Barbara ___ 1911-2002
___ British ___ politician ___ 1964-1976
Data ___ Bremer, Arthur Herman ___
1950-n/a ___ American ___ servant ___ 1972
Data ___ Clark, Alan ___ 1928-1999
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1972-1999
NAZISM
Data ___ Goebbels, Paul
Josef ___ 1897-1945 ___ German ___ politician ___ 1925-1926 1939-1941
Data ___ Klemperer, Victor ___
1881-1960 ___ German ___ teacher ___ 1933-1945
Data ___ Senesh, Hanna ___ 1921-1944
___ Hungarian ___ writer, soldier ___ 1934-1944
Data ___ Shirer, William L ___ 1904-1993
___ American ___ writer ___ 1934-1945
Data ___ Pavese, Cesare ___ 1908-1950
___ Italian ___ writer ___ 1935-1950
Data ___ Rabe, John ___ 1882-1949 ___
German ___ merchant ___ 1937-1938
Data ___ Lindbergh, Charles
___ 1902-1974 ___ American ___ aviator ___ 1938-1945
Data ___ Ciano, Galeazzo ___ 1903-1943
___ Italian ___ diplomat, politician ___ 1939-1943
Data ___ Mansel, John ___ 1909-1974
___ British ___ architect, soldier ___ 1940-1945
Data ___ Hillesum, Etty ___ 1914-1943
___ Dutch ___ psychologist ___ 1941-1943
Data ___ Malthe-Bruun, Kim ___
1923-1945 ___ Danish ___ sailor ___ 1941-1945
Data ___ Frank, Anne ___ 1929-1945
___ German ___ n/a ___ 1942-1944
Data ___ Herzberg, Abel J ___ 1893-1989
___ Dutch ___ lawyer, writer ___ 1944-1945
Data ___ Pravda, Hana ___ 1918-n/a
___ Czech ___ actor ___ 1945
ROYALTY
Data ___ Daishi, Jikaku
___ 793-864 ___ Japanese ___ diplomat, priest, writer ___ 838-848
Data ___ Michitsuna, ___ 935c-995c
___ Japanese ___ n/a ___ 954-974
Data ___ Sei, Shonagon ___ 963c-1013g
___ Japanese ___ courtier ___ 986-1000g
Data ___ Shikibu, Murasaki ___
973g-1025g ___ Japanese ___ n/a ___ 1007-1010
Data ___ Sarashina, ___ 1009-n/a
___ Japanese ___ n/a ___ 1009-1059
Data ___ Munetada, Fujiwara ___
1062-1141 ___ Japanese ___ courtier ___ 1087-1138
Data ___ Nagako, Fujiwara no ___ 1079g-n/a
___ Japanese ___ courtier ___ 1102-1108g
Data ___ Daibu, ___ n/a-n/a ___ Japanese
___ poet ___ 1170g-1183g
Data ___ Michichika, Minamoto
___ 1149-1202 ___ Japanese ___ politician, poet ___ 1180-1181
Data ___ Abutsu, ___ 1220c-1283g ___
Japanese ___ courtier, priest ___ 1240 1275
Data ___ Nijo, ___ 1258-1306g ___ Japanese
___ n/a ___ 1271-1306g
Data ___ Dürer, Albrecht ___ 1471-1528
___ German ___ painter ___ 1520-1521
Data ___ Wriothesley, Charles
___ 1508-1561 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1521-1559
Data ___ Maisse, André Hurault
___ 1539-1607 ___ French ___ diplomat ___ 1597
Data ___ Edward VI, ___ 1537-1553
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1549-1552
Data ___ Walsingham, Francis ___
1532g-1590 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1570-1583
Data ___ Montagu, Edward ___ 1562-1644
___ British ___ politician ___ 1604-1641
Data ___ Laud, William ___ 1573-1645
___ British ___ priest ___ 1621-1645
Data ___ De Bassompierre,
Francois ___ 1579-1646 ___ French ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1626
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689
___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Aston, John ___ 1602-1650g
___ British ___ courtier ___ 1639
Data ___ Lake, Edward ___ 1642-1704
___ British ___ priest ___ 1677-1678
Data ___ Cartwright, Thomas ___
1634-1689 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1686-1687
Data ___ Cowper, Mary ___ 1685-1724
___ British ___ courtier ___ 1712-1716 1720
Data ___ Bubb Dodington, George ___
1691-1762 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1749-1761
Data ___ Walpole, Horace ___ 1717-1797
___ British ___ writer, antiquary ___ 1751-1789
Data ___ Coke, Mary ___ 1727-1811 ___
British ___ n/a ___ 1766-1791
Data ___ Burney, Fanny ___ 1752-1840
___ British ___ writer ___ 1768-1819
Data ___ von Fersen, Hans Axel
___ 1755-1810 ___ Swedish ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1771-1778 1792-1793
Data ___ Abbot, Charles ___ 1757-1829
___ British ___ politician ___ 1795-1829
Data ___ Bisshopp, Katherine ___
1791-1871 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1808-1834
Data ___ Bury, Charlotte ___ 1775-1861
___ British ___ courtier, writer ___ 1810-1820
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish
___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Joinville, Francois Ferdinand
___ 1818-1900 ___ French ___ sailor ___ 1818-1848
Data ___ Gladstone, William ___
1809-1898 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1826-1896
Data ___ Greville, Henry ___
1801-1872 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1832-1872
Data ___ Victoria, ___ 1819-1901
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1832-1840 1842-1882
Data ___ Lascelles, Alan Frederick
___ 1887-1981 ___ British ___ soldier, civilservant ___ 1898-1936
Data ___ Mountbatten, Louis ___
1900-1979 ___ British ___ sailor, civilservant ___ 1921-1979
Data ___ Channon, Henry ___ 1897-1958
___ American ___ politician ___ 1934-1953
Data ___ Longford, Francis ___ 1905-2001
___ British ___ politician ___ 1981
SLAVERY
Data ___ Castaño de
Sosa, Gaspar ___ 1550g-1593g ___ Portuguese ___ soldier, explorer ___
1590-1591
Data ___ Sewall, Samuel ___ 1652-1730
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1673-1729
Data ___ Wilberforce, William
___ 1759-1833 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1779-1833
Data ___ Jackson, George ___ 1785-1861
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Nugent, Maria ___ 1771-1834
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ White, Mary Avery ___ n/a-1861
___ American ___ craftsperson ___ 1805-1844
Data ___ Kemble, Fanny ___ 1809-1893
___ British ___ actor ___ 1831-1839
Data ___ Strong, George Templeton
___ 1820-1875 ___ American ___ lawyer ___ 1835-1875
Data ___ Thoreau, Henry David ___
1817-1862 ___ American ___ writer, philosopher, naturalist ___ 1837-1861
Data ___ Grimké, Charlotte
Forten Bridges ___ 1837-1914 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1854-1862 1885-1892
Data ___ Harris, Elizabeth Johnson
___ 1867-1923 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1867-1923
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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.