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
farming, horses, transport, village, weather
(sorted by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
FARMING
Data ___ Gouberville,
Gilles Picot ___ 1521-1578 ___ French ___ landowner ___ 1549-1562
Data ___ Rogers, Richard ___ 1550g-1618
___ British ___ priest ___ 1587-1590
Data ___ Honeywell, William ___
n/a-1614 ___ British ___ farmer ___ 1596-1614
Data ___ Powell, Walter ___ 1581-1656
___ British ___ farmer ___ 1603-1655
Data ___ Yonge, Walter ___ 1581g-1649
___ British ___ lawyer, politician ___ 1604-1627 1642-1645
Data ___ Boyle, Richard ___ 1566-1643
___ British ___ entrepreneur, politician ___ 1611-1643
Data ___ Josselin, Ralph ___ 1617-1683
___ British ___ priest ___ 1641-1683
Data ___ Moore, Giles ___ 1635-1679
___ British ___ priest ___ 1655-1679
Data ___ Newdigate, Richard ___
1644-1710 ___ British ___ landowner ___ 1680-1709
Data ___ Stapley, Richard ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ farmer ___ 1682-1724
Data ___ Calverley, Walter ___
1670-1749 ___ British ___ landowner, manufacturer ___ 1692-1722
Data ___ Tas, Adam ___ 1668-1722 ___
Dutch ___ farmer ___ 1705-1706
Data ___ Morris, Claver ___ 1659-1727
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1709-1710 1718-1726
Data ___ Parkman, Ebenezer ___ 1703-1782
___ American ___ priest ___ 1719-1782
Data ___ Washington, George ___
1732-1799 ___ American ___ soldier, politician ___ 1748-1799
Data ___ Woodforde, James ___
1740-1803 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1759-1802
Data ___ Dyott, William ___ 1761-1846
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1781-1845
Data ___ Ballard, Martha ___ 1735-1812
___ American ___ nurse ___ 1785-1812
Data ___ Rumney, Thomas ___ 1764-1835
___ British ___ farmer ___ 1805-1806
Data ___ White, Mary Avery ___ n/a-1861
___ American ___ craftsperson ___ 1805-1844
Data ___ Lister, Anne ___ 1791-1840
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1806-1839
Data ___ Newton, Benjamin ___ 1761-1830
___ British ___ priest ___ 1816-1818
Data ___ Cobbett, William ___ 1763-1835
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1817-1818 1821-1832
Data ___ Benn-Walsh, John ___ 1798-1881
___ British ___ landowner, politician ___ 1821g-1864g
Data ___ Moore, George Fletcher
___ 1798-1886 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1830-1841
Data ___ Bache, Søren ___ 1814-1890
___ Norwegian ___ farmer ___ 1839-1847
Data ___ Smith, Elizabeth ___ 1797-1885
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1840-1850
Data ___ Mitchison, Naomi ___ 1897-1999
___ British ___ writer ___ 1934 1939-1945
Data ___ Clark, Horace ___ 1781-1842
___ American ___ farmer ___ 1836-1837
Data ___ Preus, Linka ___ 1829-1880
___ Norwegian ___ n/a ___ 1845-1864
Data ___ Peterson, Andrew ___ 1818-1898
___ Swedish ___ farmer ___ 1850 1854g-1898g
Data ___ Clements, William ___ 1805-1878
___ Irish ___ soldier, landowner ___ 1857-1873
Data ___ Maclean, Ian ___ 1898-1973
___ British ___ sailor ___ 1960 1980
Data ___ Maclean, Alasdair ___
1926-n/a ___ British ___ poet ___ 1979-1980
HORSES
Data ___ Hobson, John ___
n/a-1735 ___ British ___ landowner ___ 1725-1735
Data ___ Rawdon, Francis ___ 1754-1826
___ British ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1794-1795 1813-1818
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish
Fulke ___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Goodall, William ___ 1818g-1859
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1843-1859
Data ___ Howard, George ___ 1802-1864
___ British ___ politician ___ 1843-1864
Data ___ Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen ___
1840-1922 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1888-1914
Data ___ Sassoon, Siegfried ___ 1886-1967
___ British ___ poet ___ 1915-1925
Data ___ Wyatt, Woodrow ___ 1918-1997
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1985-1997
TRANSPORT
Data ___ Fox, Robert Barclay
___ 1817-1855 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1832-1844
Data ___ Pease, Edward ___ 1767-1858
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1857
Data ___ Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
___ 1906-2001 ___ American ___ aviator, writer ___ 1922-1944
Data ___ Lindbergh, Charles
___ 1902-1974 ___ American ___ aviator ___ 1938-1945
Data ___ Castle, Barbara ___ 1911-2002
___ British ___ politician ___ 1964-1976
VILLAGE
Data ___ Josselin, Ralph
___ 1617-1683 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1641-1683
Data ___ Eyre, Adam ___ 1614-1661 ___
British ___ soldier ___ 1646-1649
Data ___ Moore, Giles ___ 1635-1679
___ British ___ priest ___ 1655-1679
Data ___ Lowe, Roger ___ n/a-1679 ___
British ___ tradesman ___ 1663-1674
Data ___ Bufton, John ___ n/a-1699g
___ British ___ craftsperson ___ 1678-1699
Data ___ Fiennes, Celia ___ 1662-1741
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1695-1697
Data ___ Hobson, John ___ n/a-1735
___ British ___ landowner ___ 1725-1735
Data ___ Gale, Walter ___ n/a-n/a ___
British ___ teacher ___ 1749-1759
Data ___ Turner, Thomas ___ 1729-1793
___ British ___ tradesman ___ 1754-1765
Data ___ Jones, William ___ 1755-1821
___ British ___ priest ___ 1774-1821
Data ___ Leadbeater, Mary ___
1758-1826 ___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1774-1826
Data ___ Cole, William ___ 1714-1782
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1765-1767
Data ___ Butler, Eleanor ___ 1739g-1829
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Cobbett, William ___ 1763-1835
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1817-1818 1821-1832
Data ___ Teedon, Samuel ___ n/a-1798
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1791-1794
Data ___ Chalmers, Anne ___ 1813-1891
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1830
Data ___ Nicholson, Asenath ___
1796c-1855 ___ American ___ teacher, reformer ___ 1847-1849
Data ___ Kilvert, Francis ___ 1840-1879
___ British ___ priest ___ 1870-1879
Data ___ Origo, Iris ___ 1902-1988
___ British ___ writer ___ 1943-1944
WEATHER
Data ___ Tsurayuki,
Kino ___ 869-945 ___ Japanese ___ poet, diplomat ___ 935
Data ___ Columbus, Christopher ___
1451-1506 ___ Italian ___ sailor ___ 1492-1493 1498
Data ___ Gouberville, Gilles
Picot ___ 1521-1578 ___ French ___ landowner ___ 1549-1562
Data ___ Dee, John ___ 1527-1608 ___
British ___ teacher, scientist ___ 1554-1601
Data ___ Wyot, Philip ___ n/a-n/a ___
British ___ civilservant ___ 1586-1608
Data ___ Yonge, Walter ___ 1581g-1649
___ British ___ lawyer, politician ___ 1604-1627 1642-1645
Data ___ Mather, Richard ___ 1596-1669
___ American ___ priest ___ 1635
Data ___ Teonge, Henry ___ 1620-1690
___ British ___ priest ___ 1675-1676 1678-1679
Data ___ De La Pryme, Abraham ___
1671-1704 ___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1680-1704
Data ___ Stapley, Richard ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ farmer ___ 1682-1724
Data ___ Roggeveen, Jakob ___ 1659-1729
___ Dutch ___ sailor ___ 1721-1722
Data ___ Washington, George ___
1732-1799 ___ American ___ soldier, politician ___ 1748-1799
Data ___ Baker, John ___ 1712-1779
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1750-1779
Data ___ Rutty, John ___ 1698-1774
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1753-1774
Data ___ Knox, John ___ 1741-1778 ___
Irish ___ soldier ___ 1757-1760
Data ___ Woodforde, James ___
1740-1803 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1759-1802
Data ___ Cole, William ___ 1714-1782
___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1765-1767
Data ___ Cook, James ___ 1728-1779 ___
British ___ sailor ___ 1768-1779
Data ___ Strother, ___ 1763g-n/a
___ British ___ tradesman ___ 1784-1785
Data ___ Butler, Eleanor ___ 1739g-1829
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1785-1788
Data ___ McClintock, Henry ___
1787g-1843 ___ Irish ___ surveyor ___ 1805-1843
Data ___ Long, Zadoc ___ 1800-1873 ___
American ___ tradesman ___ 1826g-1873g
Data ___ Ruskin, John ___ 1819-1900
___ British ___ writer ___ 1830 1835-1889
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Clark, Horace ___ 1781-1842
___ American ___ farmer ___ 1836-1837
Data ___ Kilvert, Francis ___ 1840-1879
___ British ___ priest ___ 1870-1879
Data ___ Beaman, Libby ___ n/a-1932
___ American ___ teacher ___ 1879-1880
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
ADVERTISEMENTS
Neither a travel guide nor a reference book, 'London
Cross' is, nevertheless, an intriguing mix of the two - this is an exciting
project in need of a sympathetic publisher. The basic concept is to describe
two walks across London, one along a route that sticks as closely as possible
(without trespassing) to a south-north line and one which does the same
along an east-west line. I completed the first of the two in 2004, and the
resulting narrative records a fascinating here-and-now slice of London.
It blends local history and stories with quirky facts on architecture, planning
and interesting information on companies, organisations, notices and advertisements.
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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.