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
self (sorted
by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
Data ___ Sarashina, ___ 1009-n/a
___ Japanese ___ n/a ___ 1009-1059
Data ___ Nijo, ___ 1258-1306g ___ Japanese
___ n/a ___ 1271-1306g
Data ___ Dee, John ___ 1527-1608 ___
British ___ teacher, scientist ___ 1554-1601
Data ___ Newcombe, Henry ___ 1627-1695
___ British ___ priest ___ 1644-1695
Data ___ Pepys, Samuel ___ 1633-1703
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1660-1669
Data ___ Thoresby, Ralph ___ 1658-1724
___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1667-1724
Data ___ Mather, Cotton ___ 1663-1728
___ American ___ priest ___ 1681-1724
Data ___ Basho, Matsuo ___ 1644-1694
___ Japanese ___ poet ___ 1684-1691
Data ___ Edwards, Jonathan ___ 1703-1758
___ American ___ priest ___ 1722-1735
Data ___ Rutty, John ___ 1698-1774
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1753-1774
Data ___ Fielding, Henry ___ 1707-1754
___ British ___ writer ___ 1754
Data ___ Turner, Thomas ___ 1729-1793
___ British ___ tradesman ___ 1754-1765
Data ___ Dawson, John ___ 1727c-1769
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1761
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795
___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Cresswell, Nicholas ___
1750-1804 ___ British ___ farmer ___ 1774-1777
Data ___ Jones, William ___ 1755-1821
___ British ___ priest ___ 1774-1821
Data ___ Strother, ___ 1763g-n/a ___
British ___ tradesman ___ 1784-1785
Data ___ Marsden, John ___ 1768-1840
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1795-1816
Data ___ Fry, Elizabeth ___ 1780-1845
___ British ___ reformer ___ 1797-1845
Data ___ Ward, Thomas Asline ___
1781-1871 ___ British ___ tradesman ___ 1800-1871
Data ___ Stendhal, ___ 1783-1842
___ French ___ writer ___ 1801-1814
Data ___ Skinner, John ___ 1772-1839
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1803-1834
Data ___ Haydon, Benjamin ___ 1786-1846
___ British ___ painter ___ 1808-1846
Data ___ Fox, Henry Edward ___ 1802-1859
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1818-1830
Data ___ Delacroix, Eugène
Ferdinand ___ 1798-1863 ___ French ___ painter ___ 1822-1824 1832-1847
Data ___ Cooper, Antony Ashley ___
1801-1885 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1825-1885
Data ___ Froude, Richard Hurrell ___
1803-1836 ___ British ___ priest, teacher ___ 1826-1828
Data ___ Wilberforce, Samuel
___ 1805-1873 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1830-1873
Data ___ Ruskin, John ___ 1819-1900
___ British ___ writer ___ 1830 1835-1889
Data ___ Shore, Emily ___ 1819-1839
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1831-1839
Data ___ Macready, William Charles
___ 1793-1873 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1833-1851
Data ___ Jenkins, ___ 1814g-1862
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1834-1851
Data ___ Sand, George ___ 1804-1876
___ French ___ writer ___ 1834-1868
Data ___ Kierkegaard, Søren
___ 1813-1855 ___ Danish ___ philosopher ___ 1835-1855
Data ___ Thoreau, Henry ___ 1817-1862
___ American ___ writer, philosopher, naturalist ___ 1837-1861
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 ___ Brown, Ford Madox ___
1821-1893 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1847-1866
Data ___ Amiel, Henri Frédéric
___ 1821-1881 ___ Swiss ___ philosopher ___ 1847-1881
Data ___ Ward, Lester Frank ___
1841-1913 ___ American ___ scientist, teacher ___ 1860-1870
Data ___ Symonds, John Addington
___ 1840-1893 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1860-1888
Data ___ Solomon, Clara ___
1845-1907 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1861-1862
Data ___ Dostoevsky, Anna Grigoryevna
___ 1846-1918 ___ Russian ___ n/a ___ 1867
Data ___ Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
___ 1840-1893 ___ Russian ___ composer ___ 1873 1884-1891
Data ___ Bashkirtseff, Marie
___ 1858-1884 ___ Russian ___ painter ___ 1873-1884
Data ___ Desaulles, Henriette ___
1860-1946 ___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1874-1881
Data ___ Gissing, George ___ 1857-1903
___ British ___ writer ___ 1887-1902
Data ___ Montgomery, Lucy Maud
___ 1874-1942 ___ Canadian ___ teacher, writer ___ 1889-1942
Data ___ Gide, André ___ 1869-1951
___ French ___ writer ___ 1889-1949
Data ___ King, William Lyon Mackenzie
___ 1874-1950 ___ Canadian ___ politician ___ 1893-1950
Data ___ Benson, Arthur Christopher
___ 1862-1925 ___ British ___ writer, teacher ___ 1897-1925
Data ___ Musil, Robert ___ 1880-1942
___ Austrian ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1899-1941
Data ___ Strindberg, August ___
1849-1912 ___ Swedish ___ writer ___ 1900-1908
Data ___ Barbellion, W N P ___
1889-1919 ___ British ___ naturalist ___ 1903-1919
Data ___ Mansfield, Katherine ___
1888-1923 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1904-1922
Data ___ Mawson, Douglas ___ 1882-1958
___ Australian ___ teacher, explorer ___ 1907-1914 1929-1931
Data ___ Kafka, Franz ___ 1883-1924
___ Czech ___ writer ___ 1910-1923
Data ___ Palmer, Nettie ___ 1885-1964
___ Australian ___ poet ___ 1910-1922 1925-1939
Data ___ Waugh, Evelyn ___ 1903-1966
___ British ___ writer ___ 1911-1965
Data ___ Reith, John ___ 1889-1971
___ British ___ politician ___ 1911-1971
Data ___ Maritain, Raïssa ___
1883-1960 ___ Russian ___ writer ___ 1914-1931
Data ___ Nin, Anaïs ___ 1903-1977
___ French ___ writer ___ 1914-1971
Data ___ West, Arthur Graeme ___ 1891-1917
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1915-1916
Data ___ Sassoon, Siegfried ___ 1886-1967
___ British ___ poet ___ 1915-1925
Data ___ Woolf, Virginia ___ 1882-1941
___ British ___ writer ___ 1915-1941
Data ___ Cunningham, Alfred ___
1882-1939 ___ American ___ aviator ___ 1917-1918
Data ___ Carrington, Dora de Houghton
___ 1893-1932 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1917-1932
Data ___ Romanoff, Alexis Lawrence
___ 1892-1980 ___ Russian ___ soldier, teacher ___ 1917-1920 1936-1948
Data ___ Reich, Wilhelm ___ 1897-1957
___ Austrian ___ psychologist ___ 1919-1921
Data ___ Mentzalis, Ioannis ___
1896-1979 ___ Greek ___ soldier ___ 1919-1922
Data ___ Inman, Arthur Crew ___ 1895-1963
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1919-1963
Data ___ Brecht, Bertolt ___ 1898-1956
___ German ___ writer ___ 1920-1922 1934-1955
Data ___ Campbell, Joseph ___
1879-1944 ___ Irish ___ teacher, politician ___ 1922-1923
Data ___ Lewis, C S ___ 1898-1963
___ British ___ writer ___ 1922-1927
Data ___ Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
___ 1906-2001 ___ American ___ aviator, writer ___ 1922-1944
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
Data ___ Ackerley, Joseph Randolph
___ 1896-1967 ___ British ___ editor ___ 1923-1924, 1948-1957
Data ___ Goebbels, Paul Josef ___
1897-1945 ___ German ___ politician ___ 1925-1926 1939-1941
Data ___ Cocteau, Jean ___ 1889-1963
___ French ___ writer, director ___ 1928-1963
Data ___ Michaux, Henri ___ 1899-1984
___ Belgian ___ artist, poet ___ 1929
Data ___ Friend, Donald ___ 1915-1989
___ Australian ___ artist, writer ___ 1929-1989g
Data ___ Soutar, William ___ 1898-1943
___ British ___ poet ___ 1930-1943
Data ___ Powell, Dawn ___ 1897-1965
___ American ___ writer ___ 1931-1965
Data ___ Muggeridge, Malcolm ___
1903-1990 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1932-1962
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986
___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
Data ___ Pavese, Cesare ___ 1908-1950
___ Italian ___ writer ___ 1935-1950
Data ___ Gascoyne, David ___ 1916-2001
___ British ___ poet ___ 1936-1939
Data ___ Hill, Donald ___ 1921-1985
___ British ___ aviator ___ 1939-1945g
Data ___ Isherwood, Christopher
___ 1904-1986 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1939-1960
Data ___ Last, Nella ___ 1890-1968 ___
British ___ craftsperson ___ 1939-1965
Data ___ Steinbeck, John ___ 1902-1968
___ American ___ writer ___ 1940 1951 1960
Data ___ Partridge, Frances ___
1900-2002 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1940-1971
Data ___ Ó Ríordáin,
Seán ___ 1916-1977 ___ Irish ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1940-1977
Data ___ Hillesum, Etty ___ 1914-1943
___ Dutch ___ psychologist ___ 1941-1943
Data ___ Frank, Anne ___ 1929-1945
___ German ___ n/a ___ 1942-1944
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 ___ Kahlo, Frida ___ 1907-1954
___ Mexican ___ painter ___ 1944-1954
Data ___ Camus, Albert ___ 1913-1960
___ Algerian ___ writer ___ 1946 1949
Data ___ De Beauvoir, Simone ___
1908-1986 ___ French ___ teacher, writer ___ 1947
Data ___ Plath, Sylvia ___ 1932-1963
___ American ___ writer ___ 1950-1962
Data ___ Rorem, Ned ___ 1923-n/a ___
American ___ composer, writer ___ 1951-1999
Data ___ Dali, Salvador ___ 1904-1989
___ Spanish ___ painter ___ 1952-1963
Data ___ Paul, Kate ___ 1940-n/a ___
British ___ writer ___ 1958-1963
Data ___ Oswald, Lee Harvey ___ 1939-1963
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1959-1962
Data ___ Orton, Joe ___ 1933-1967 ___
British ___ writer ___ 1966-1967
Data ___ Tram, Dang Thuy ___ 1942-1970
___ Vietnamese ___ doctor ___ 1968-1970
Data ___ Wojnarowicz, David ___
1955-1992 ___ American ___ painter ___ 1971-1990
Data ___ Bremer, Arthur Herman ___
1950-n/a ___ American ___ servant ___ 1972
Data ___ Sarton, May ___ 1912-1995
___ American (born Belgium) ___ writer ___ 1973-1992
Data ___ Boyle, Jimmy ___ 1944-n/a
___ British ___ sculptor, writer ___ 1974-1982
Data ___ Nouwen, Henri ___ 1932-1996
___ Dutch ___ priest ___ 1974-1996g
Data ___ Toynbee, Philip ___ 1916-1981
___ British ___ writer ___ 1977-1981
Data ___ Bowles, Paul ___ 1910-1999
___ American ___ writer ___ 1987-1989
Data ___ Jarman, Derek ___ 1942-1994
___ British ___ painter, director ___ 1989-1990
Data ___ Eno, Brian ___ 1948-n/a ___
British ___ musician ___ 1995
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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. |