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
exploration, geology, nature, science (sorted by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
EXPLORATION
Data ___ Columbus, Christopher
___ 1451-1506 ___ Italian ___ sailor ___ 1492-1493 1498
Data ___ da Gama, Vasco ___ 1469c-1524
___ Portuguese ___ sailor ___ 1497-1499
Data ___ Pigafetta, Antonio ___
1491c-1534c ___ Italian ___ sailor ___ 1519-1522
Data ___ Torre, Tomás de la
___ 1510c-1567 ___ Spanish ___ priest ___ 1544-1545
Data ___ Fenton, Edward ___ n/a-1603
___ British ___ sailor ___ 1582-1583
Data ___ Castaño de Sosa,
Gaspar ___ 1550g-1593g ___ Portuguese ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1590-1591
Data ___ Escobar, Fray Francisco
___ n/a-n/a ___ Spanish ___ priest, explorer ___ 1604-1605
Data ___ Munk, Jens ___ 1579-1628 ___
Danish ___ explorer ___ 1619-1620
Data ___ d'Ibberville, Pierre
Lemoyne ___ 1661-1706 ___ Canadian ___ sailor, explorer ___ 1698-1699
Data ___ Roggeveen, Jakob ___ 1659-1729
___ Dutch ___ sailor ___ 1721-1722
Data ___ Croghan, George ___ 1720c-1782
___ Irish ___ tradesman, civilservant ___ 1751g-1767g
Data ___ Cook, James ___ 1728-1779 ___
British ___ sailor ___ 1768-1779
Data ___ De La Pérouse,
Jean-François De Galaup ___ 1741-1788 ___ French ___ sailor, explorer
___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Clark, William ___ 1770-1838
___ American ___ soldier, explorer, civilservant ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Lewis, Meriwether ___ 1774-1809
___ American ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Cunningham, Allan
___ 1791-1839 ___ British ___ naturalist, explorer ___ 1817-1818
Data ___ Mitchell, Elisha
___ 1793-1857 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1827-1828
Data ___ Moore, George Fletcher
___ 1798-1886 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1830-1841
Data ___ Mitchell, Thomas ___
1792-1855 ___ British ___ surveyor ___ 1831-1836 1845
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845
___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
Data ___ Wilson, Edward ___ 1872-1912
___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1889-1912
Data ___ Hubbard, Leonidas ___
1872-1903 ___ American ___ writer ___ 1903
Data ___ Hubbard, Mina Benson ___
1870-1956 ___ Canadian ___ nurse, writer ___ 1905
Data ___ Mawson, Douglas ___ 1882-1958
___ Australian ___ teacher, explorer ___ 1907-1914 1929-1931
Data ___ Scott, Robert Falcon ___
1868-1912 ___ British ___ explorer ___ 1910-1912
GEOLOGY
Data ___ Clark, William
___ 1770-1838 ___ American ___ soldier, explorer, civilservant ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Lewis, Meriwether ___ 1774-1809
___ American ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Mitchell, Elisha
___ 1793-1857 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1827-1828
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Mitchell, Thomas ___
1792-1855 ___ British ___ surveyor ___ 1831-1836 1845
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845
___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
Data ___ Mawson, Douglas ___ 1882-1958
___ Australian ___ teacher, explorer ___ 1907-1914 1929-1931
Data ___ Scott, Robert Falcon ___
1868-1912 ___ British ___ explorer ___ 1910-1912
NATURE
Data ___ Columbus, Christopher
___ 1451-1506 ___ Italian ___ sailor ___ 1492-1493 1498
Data ___ Madox, Richard ___ 1546-1583
___ British ___ priest ___ 1582
Data ___ Escobar, Fray Francisco
___ n/a-n/a ___ Spanish ___ priest, explorer ___ 1604-1605
Data ___ Coverte, Robert ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607-1611
Data ___ Ashmole, Elias ___ 1617-1692
___ British ___ scientist, lawyer ___ 1633-1688
Data ___ Basho, Matsuo ___ 1644-1694
___ Japanese ___ poet ___ 1684-1691
Data ___ Gray, Thomas ___ 1716-1771
___ British ___ poet ___ 1739 1755 1765 1769
Data ___ Walpole, Horace ___ 1717-1797
___ British ___ writer, antiquary ___ 1751-1789
Data ___ Rutty, John ___ 1698-1774
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1753-1774
Data ___ Butler, Eleanor ___ 1739g-1829
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang ___
1749-1832 ___ German ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1786-1788
Data ___ Simcoe, Elizabeth ___ 1762-1850
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1791-1796
Data ___ Hunt, Vere ___ 1761-1818 ___
Irish ___ soldier, landowner, entrepreneur ___ 1798-1816
Data ___ Wordsworth, Dorothy ___
1771-1855 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1798-1828
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853
Data ___ Clark, William ___ 1770-1838
___ American ___ soldier, explorer, civilservant ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Lewis, Meriwether ___ 1774-1809
___ American ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Cunningham, Allan
___ 1791-1839 ___ British ___ naturalist, explorer ___ 1817-1818
Data ___ Emerson, Ralph Waldo
___ 1803-1882 ___ American ___ writer, priest ___ 1820-1875
Data ___ Browne, Mary ___ 1807-1833
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1821
Data ___ Mitchell, Elisha
___ 1793-1857 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1827-1828
Data ___ O'Sullivan, Humphrey ___
1780-1837 ___ Irish ___ teacher, tradesman ___ 1827-1835
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Shore, Emily ___ 1819-1839
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1831-1839
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845
___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
Data ___ Thoreau, Henry ___ 1817-1862
___ American ___ writer, philosopher, naturalist ___ 1837-1861
Data ___ Pease, Edward ___ 1767-1858
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1857
Data ___ Goodall, William ___ 1818g-1859
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1843-1859
Data ___ Duff, Mountstuart Grant ___
1829-1906 ___ British ___ civilservant, politician ___ 1851-1901
Data ___ Beaman, Libby ___ n/a-1932
___ American ___ teacher ___ 1879-1880
Data ___ Potter, Beatrix ___ 1866-1943
___ British ___ writer, painter ___ 1881-1897
Data ___ Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen ___
1840-1922 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1888-1914
Data ___ Wilson, Edward ___ 1872-1912
___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1889-1912
Data ___ Barbellion, W N P ___
1889-1919 ___ British ___ naturalist ___ 1903-1919
Data ___ Hubbard, Mina Benson ___
1870-1956 ___ Canadian ___ nurse, writer ___ 1905
Data ___ Sassoon, Siegfried ___ 1886-1967
___ British ___ poet ___ 1915-1925
Data ___ Leopold, Aldo ___ 1887-1948
___ American ___ forester ___ 1924-1938
Data ___ Nicolson, Harold ___ 1886-1968
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1930-1964
Data ___ Welch, Denton ___ 1915-1948
___ British ___ writer ___ 1933 1942-1948
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986
___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
Data ___ Partridge, Frances ___
1900-2002 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1940-1971
Data ___ Sarton, May ___ 1912-1995
___ American (born Belgium) ___ writer ___ 1973-1992
Data ___ Lewis, C S ___ 1898-1963
___ British ___ writer ___ 1922-1927
Data ___ Jarman, Derek ___ 1942-1994
___ British ___ painter, director ___ 1989-1990
SCIENCE
Data ___ Ashmole, Elias
___ 1617-1692 ___ British ___ scientist, lawyer ___ 1633-1688
Data ___ Evelyn, John ___ 1620-1706
___ British ___ writer ___ 1640-1706
Data ___ Hooke, Robert ___ 1635-1703
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1672-1681
Data ___ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang ___
1749-1832 ___ German ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1786-1788
Data ___ Mitchell, Elisha
___ 1793-1857 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1827-1828
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Fox, Robert Barclay ___ 1817-1855
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1832-1844
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845
___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
Data ___ Kierkegaard, Søren
___ 1813-1855 ___ Danish ___ philosopher ___ 1835-1855
Data ___ Strindberg, August ___
1849-1912 ___ Swedish ___ writer ___ 1900-1908
Data ___ Romanoff, Alexis Lawrence
___ 1892-1980 ___ Russian ___ soldier, teacher ___ 1917-1920 1936-1948
Data ___ Priestley, Raymond ___
1886-1974 ___ Australian ___ scientist, explorer ___ 1935g-1938g
Data ___ Steinbeck, John ___ 1902-1968
___ American ___ writer ___ 1940 1951 1960
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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.