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
social from 1800 (sorted
by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
Data ___ Ward, Thomas Asline
___ 1781-1871 ___ British ___ tradesman ___ 1800-1871
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853
Data ___ Wynne, Harriet ___
1784-n/a ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1803-1806
Data ___ Skinner, John ___ 1772-1839
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1803-1834
Data ___ McClintock, Henry ___
1787g-1843 ___ Irish ___ surveyor ___ 1805-1843
Data ___ White, Mary Avery ___ n/a-1861
___ American ___ craftsperson ___ 1805-1844
Data ___ Lister, Anne ___ 1791-1840
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1806-1839
Data ___ Bury, Charlotte ___ 1775-1861
___ British ___ courtier, writer ___ 1810-1820
Data ___ Newton, Benjamin ___ 1761-1830
___ British ___ priest ___ 1816-1818
Data ___ Boileau, John Peter ___
1794-1869 ___ British ___ landowner, antiquary ___ 1816-1861
Data ___ Cobbett, William ___ 1763-1835
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1817-1818 1821-1832
Data ___ Emerson, Ralph Waldo
___ 1803-1882 ___ American ___ writer, priest ___ 1820-1875
Data ___ Benn-Walsh, John ___ 1798-1881
___ British ___ landowner, politician ___ 1821g-1864g
Data ___ Delacroix, Eugène
Ferdinand ___ 1798-1863 ___ French ___ painter ___ 1822-1824 1832-1847
Data ___ Cooper, Antony Ashley ___
1801-1885 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1825-1885
Data ___ Long, Zadoc ___ 1800-1873 ___
American ___ tradesman ___ 1826g-1873g
Data ___ O'Sullivan, Humphrey ___
1780-1837 ___ Irish ___ teacher, tradesman ___ 1827-1835
Data ___ Hone, Philip ___ 1780-1851
___ American ___ merchant, politician ___ 1828-1851
Data ___ Chalmers, Anne ___ 1813-1891
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1830
Data ___ Moore, George Fletcher
___ 1798-1886 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1830-1841
Data ___ Jackson, Rebecca Cox ___
1795-1871 ___ American ___ priest ___ 1830g-1864
Data ___ Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
___ 1806-1861 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1831-1832
Data ___ Kemble, Fanny ___ 1809-1893
___ British ___ actor ___ 1831-1839
Data ___ Cockburn, Henry ___
1779-1854 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1831-1854
Data ___ Strong, George Templeton
___ 1820-1875 ___ American ___ lawyer ___ 1835-1875
Data ___ Andrew, William Wayte ___
1805-1889 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1835-1889
Data ___ Clark, Horace ___ 1781-1842
___ American ___ farmer ___ 1836-1837
Data ___ Tayler, William ___ 1807-1892
___ British ___ servant ___ 1837
Data ___ Pease, Edward ___ 1767-1858
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1857
Data ___ Hall, Emily ___ 1819-1901
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1901
Data ___ Hall, Ellen ___ 1822-1911
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1901
Data ___ Smith, Elizabeth ___ 1797-1885
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1840-1850
Data ___ Hargrave, Letitia ___ n/a-1854
___ Canadian ___ n/a ___ 1840-1851
Data ___ O'Neill Daunt, William Joseph
___ 1807-1894 ___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1842-1869
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864
___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Tolstoy, Leo ___ 1828-1910
___ Russian ___ writer ___ 1846-1910
Data ___ Nicholson, Asenath ___
1796c-1855 ___ American ___ teacher, reformer ___ 1847-1849
Data ___ Leeves, Edward ___ 1795c-1871c
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1849-1850
Data ___ Windeler, Adolphus ___
n/a-n/a ___ German ___ sailor ___ 1849-1853
Data ___ Peterson, Andrew ___ 1818-1898
___ Swedish ___ farmer ___ 1850 1854g-1898g
Data ___ Doble, John ___ 1828-1866
___ American ___ soldier ___ 1851-1854
Data ___ Norelius, Eric ___ 1833-1916
___ Swedish ___ priest ___ 1851-1856 1885-1886
Data ___ Coon, Polly Lavinia ___ 1825-1898
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1852
Data ___ Brooke, Charles Anthony ___
1829-1917 ___ British ___ civilservant, sovereign ___ 1852-1862 1866-1868
Data ___ Cullwick, Hannah ___ 1833-1909
___ British ___ servant ___ 1854-1873
Data ___ Bodichon, Barbara Leigh
___ 1827-1891 ___ American ___ writer, reformer ___ 1857-1858
Data ___ Clements, William ___ 1805-1878
___ Irish ___ soldier, landowner ___ 1857-1873
Data ___ Munby, Arthur ___ 1828-1910
___ British ___ poet, lawyer ___ 1859-1903
Data ___ Knight, William Henry ___
n/a-n/a ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1860
Data ___ Solomon, Clara ___
1845-1907 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1861-1862
Data ___ Emerson, Nancy ___ 1807-1864
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1862-1864
Data ___ Hopkins, Gerard Manley ___
1844-1889 ___ British ___ poet, priest ___ 1862-1875
Data ___ Gordon, Charles ___ 1833-1885
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1863-1884
Data ___ Andrews, Eliza Frances ___
1840-1931 ___ American ___ writer, naturalist ___ 1864-1865 1870-1872
Data ___ Harris, Elizabeth Johnson
___ 1867-1923 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1867-1923
Data ___ Kilvert, Francis ___ 1840-1879
___ British ___ priest ___ 1870-1879
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943
___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Benson, Edward White ___
1829-1896 ___ British ___ teacher, priest ___ 1878-1896
Data ___ Kessler, Harry ___ 1868-1937
___ French ___ soldier ___ 1880-1937
Data ___ Gissing, George ___ 1857-1903
___ British ___ writer ___ 1887-1902
Data ___ Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen ___
1840-1922 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1888-1914
Data ___ James, Alice ___ 1848-1892
___ American ___ n/a ___ 1889-1892
Data ___ Hamilton-Gordon, Ishbel
Maria ___ 1857-1939 ___ British ___ reformer ___ 1890-1899
Data ___ Peerless, Henry ___ 1866-1930
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1891-1920
Data ___ Gregory, Isabella Augusta
___ 1852-1932 ___ Irish ___ writer ___ 1892-1902 1916-1930
Data ___ Jacob, Violet ___ 1863-1946
___ British ___ poet ___ 1897-1899
Data ___ Benson, Arthur Christopher
___ 1862-1925 ___ British ___ writer, teacher ___ 1897-1925
Data ___ Baynes, Arthur Hamilton ___
1854-1942 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1899-1900
Data ___ Mansfield, Katherine ___
1888-1923 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1904-1922
Data ___ Reith, John ___ 1889-1971
___ British ___ politician ___ 1911-1971
Data ___ Farmborough, Florence
___ 1887-1978 ___ British ___ nurse ___ 1914-1918
Data ___ Brenan, Gerald ___ 1894-1987
___ British (born in Malta) ___ writer ___ 1914-1964
Data ___ Lewis, C S ___ 1898-1963
___ British ___ writer ___ 1922-1927
Data ___ Ellis, Edward Robb ___ 1911-1998
___ American ___ writer ___ 1927-1998
Data ___ Britten, Benjamin ___ 1913-1976
___ British ___ composer ___ 1928-1938
Data ___ Delafield, E M ___ 1890-1943
___ British ___ writer ___ 1930-1940g
Data ___ Nicolson, Harold ___ 1886-1968
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1930-1964
Data ___ Pym, Barbara ___ 1913-1980 ___
British ___ writer ___ 1932-1979
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986
___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
Data ___ Mitchison, Naomi ___ 1897-1999
___ British ___ writer ___ 1934 1939-1945
Data ___ Priestley, Raymond ___
1886-1974 ___ Australian ___ scientist, explorer ___ 1935g-1938g
Data ___ Last, Nella ___ 1890-1968 ___
British ___ craftsperson ___ 1939-1965
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen
___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ Wyndham, Joan ___ 1922-n/a
___ British ___ writer ___ 1939-1990
Data ___ Partridge, Frances ___
1900-2002 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1940-1971
Data ___ Lees-Milne, James ___
1908-1997 ___ British ___ historian, writer ___ 1942-1949, 1953-1954, 1971-1997
Data ___ Gladwyn, Cynthia ___ 1898-1990
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1946-1971
Data ___ Pearson, Drew ___ 1897-1969
___ American ___ writer ___ 1949-1959
Data ___ Guevara, Ernesto ___ 1928-1967
___ Argentinian ___ politician ___ 1951-1952 1966-1967
Data ___ de Jesus, Carolina Maria
___ 1914-1977 ___ Brazilian ___ writer ___ 1955-1958
Data ___ Maclean, Ian ___ 1898-1973
___ British ___ sailor ___ 1960 1980
Data ___ Benn, Anthony ___ 1925-n/a
___ British ___ politician ___ 1963-2001
Data ___ Bennett, Alan ___ 1934-n/a
___ British ___ writer ___ 1969-1990
Data ___ Maclean, Alasdair ___
1926-n/a ___ British ___ poet ___ 1979-1980
Data ___ Bowles, Paul ___ 1910-1999
___ American ___ writer ___ 1987-1989
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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.