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
political (sorted
by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
Data ___ Munetada, Fujiwara ___
1062-1141 ___ Japanese ___ courtier ___ 1087-1138
Data ___ Anonymous, Paris ___
n/a-n/a ___ French ___ n/a ___ 1405-1449
Data ___ Wriothesley, Charles
___ 1508-1561 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1521-1559
Data ___ Machyn, Henry ___ 1498g-1563g ___ British ___ tradesman
___ 1550-1563
Data ___ Walsingham, Francis ___
1532g-1590 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1570-1583
Data ___ Oglander, John ___ 1585-1655
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1595-1648
Data ___ Montagu, Edward ___ 1562-1644
___ British ___ politician ___ 1604-1641
Data ___ Yonge, Walter ___ 1581g-1649
___ British ___ lawyer, politician ___ 1604-1627 1642-1645
Data ___ Boyle, Richard ___ 1566-1643
___ British ___ entrepreneur, politician ___ 1611-1643
Data ___ Whiteway, William ___ 1599-1635
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1618-1634
Data ___ D'Ewes, Simonds ___ 1602-1650
___ British ___ antiquary, politician ___ 1619-1647
Data ___ Laud, William ___ 1573-1645
___ British ___ priest ___ 1621-1645
Data ___ Rous, John ___ 1584-1644 ___
British ___ priest ___ 1625-1642
Data ___ De Bassompierre,
Francois ___ 1579-1646 ___ French ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1626
Data ___ Wallington, Nehemiah
___ 1598-1658 ___ British ___ craftsperson ___ 1630-1658
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689
___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Woodforde, Robert ___
1606-1654 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1637-1641
Data ___ Slingsby, Henry ___ 1601-1658
___ British ___ politician ___ 1638-1648
Data ___ Evelyn, John ___ 1620-1706
___ British ___ writer ___ 1640-1706
Data ___ Cooper, Anthony Ashley
___ 1621-1683 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1646-1650
Data ___ Pepys, Samuel ___ 1633-1703
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1660-1669
Data ___ Sewall, Samuel ___ 1652-1730
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1673-1729
Data ___ Perceval, John ___ 1683-1748
___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1701 1728-1747
Data ___ Tas, Adam ___ 1668-1722 ___
Dutch ___ farmer ___ 1705-1706
Data ___ Swift, Jonathan ___ 1667-1745
___ Irish ___ writer, priest ___ 1710-1713
Data ___ Knatchbull, Edward ___
1672-1730 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1722-1730
Data ___ Pillai, Ananda Ranga ___
1709-1761 ___ Indian ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1736-1761
Data ___ Washington, George ___
1732-1799 ___ American ___ soldier, politician ___ 1748-1799
Data ___ Bubb Dodington, George ___
1691-1762 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1749-1761
Data ___ Walpole, Horace ___ 1717-1797
___ British ___ writer, antiquary ___ 1751-1789
Data ___ Adams, John ___ 1735-1826
___ American ___ teacher, lawyer, politician ___ 1753-1804
Data ___ Harris, James ___ 1745-1829
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1767-1820
Data ___ Windham, William ___ 1750-1810
___ British ___ politician ___ 1769-1810
Data ___ von Fersen, Hans Axel
___ 1755-1810 ___ Swedish ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1771-1778 1792-1793
Data ___ Scott, John ___ 1739-1798
___ Irish ___ solicitor, politician ___ 1774-1798
Data ___ Wilberforce, William
___ 1759-1833 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1779-1833
Data ___ Dyott, William ___ 1761-1846
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1781-1845
Data ___ Adams, John Quincy ___ 1767-1848
___ British ___ politician ___ 1787-1789 1794-1848
Data ___ Von Lowenstern, Hermann
Ludwig ___ 1777-1836 ___ German ___ sailor ___ 1793-1815
Data ___ Abbot, Charles ___ 1757-1829
___ British ___ politician ___ 1795-1829
Data ___ Niemcewicz, Julian Ursyn
___ 1757-1841 ___ Polish ___ writer, politician ___ 1797-1799 1805
Data ___ Rose, George ___ 1744-1818
___ British ___ politician ___ 1800-1811
Data ___ Ward, Thomas Asline ___
1781-1871 ___ British ___ tradesman ___ 1800-1871
Data ___ Jackson, George ___ 1785-1861
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859
___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Creevey, Thomas ___ 1768-1838
___ British ___ politician ___ 1809-1818
Data ___ Hobhouse, John Cam ___
1786-1869 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1809-1852
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish
Fulke ___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Malcolm, Clementina ___
1785??-1830 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1816-1817
Data ___ Cobbett, William ___ 1763-1835
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1817-1818 1821-1832
Data ___ Joinville, Francois Ferdinand
___ 1818-1900 ___ French ___ sailor ___ 1818-1848
Data ___ Clinton, Henry Fynes ___
1781-1852 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1819-1852
Data ___ Benn-Walsh, John ___ 1798-1881
___ British ___ landowner, politician ___ 1821g-1864g
Data ___ Cooper, Antony Ashley ___
1801-1885 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1825-1885
Data ___ Gladstone, William ___
1809-1898 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1826-1896
Data ___ Hone, Philip ___ 1780-1851
___ American ___ merchant, politician ___ 1828-1851
Data ___ Raikes, Thomas ___ 1777-1848
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1831-1847
Data ___ Cockburn, Henry ___
1779-1854 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1831-1854
Data ___ Victoria, ___ 1819-1901
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1832-1840 1842-1882
Data ___ Strong, George Templeton
___ 1820-1875 ___ American ___ lawyer ___ 1835-1875
Data ___ Macaulay, Thomas Babington
___ 1800-1859 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1838-1859
Data ___ O'Neill Daunt, William Joseph
___ 1807-1894 ___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1842-1869
Data ___ Howard, George ___ 1802-1864
___ British ___ politician ___ 1843-1864
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864
___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Duff, Mountstuart Grant ___
1829-1906 ___ British ___ civilservant, politician ___ 1851-1901
Data ___ Brooke, Charles Anthony ___
1829-1917 ___ British ___ civilservant, sovereign ___ 1852-1862 1866-1868
Data ___ Denison, John ___ 1800-1873
___ British ___ politician ___ 1857-1871
Data ___ Chesnut, Mary Boykin ___
1823-1886 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1861-1865
Data ___ Hay, John Milton ___ 1838-1905
___ American ___ writer, diplomat ___ 1861-1870
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943
___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Bell, Gertrude ___ 1868-1926
___ British ___ writer diplomat ___ 1877-1919
Data ___ Kessler, Harry ___ 1868-1937
___ French ___ soldier ___ 1880-1937
Data ___ Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen ___
1840-1922 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1888-1914
Data ___ Gide, André ___ 1869-1951
___ French ___ writer ___ 1889-1949
Data ___ Gregory, Isabella Augusta
___ 1852-1932 ___ Irish ___ writer ___ 1892-1902 1916-1930
Data ___ King, William Lyon Mackenzie
___ 1874-1950 ___ Canadian ___ politician ___ 1893-1950
Data ___ Palmer, Nettie ___ 1885-1964
___ Australian ___ poet ___ 1910-1922 1925-1939
Data ___ Reith, John ___ 1889-1971
___ British ___ politician ___ 1911-1971
Data ___ Brittain, Vera ___ 1893-1970
___ British ___ writer ___ 1913-1917 1932-1945
Data ___ Stevenson, Frances
___ 1888-1972 ___ British ___ teacher ___ 1914-1936
Data ___ Lockhart, Robert Bruce
___ 1887-1970 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1915-1970
Data ___ Mountbatten, Louis ___
1900-1979 ___ British ___ sailor, civilservant ___ 1921-1979
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995
___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Goebbels, Paul Josef ___
1897-1945 ___ German ___ politician ___ 1925-1926 1939-1941
Data ___ Ellis, Edward Robb ___ 1911-1998
___ American ___ writer ___ 1927-1998
Data ___ Mencken, Henry Louis ___
1880-1956 ___ American ___ writer, editor ___ 1930-1948
Data ___ Bullard, Reader ___ 1885-1976
___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1930-1934
Data ___ Nicolson, Harold ___ 1886-1968
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1930-1964
Data ___ Muggeridge, Malcolm ___
1903-1990 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1932-1962
Data ___ Channon, Henry ___ 1897-1958
___ American ___ politician ___ 1934-1953
Data ___ Priestley, Raymond ___
1886-1974 ___ Australian ___ scientist, explorer ___ 1935g-1938g
Data ___ Pavese, Cesare ___ 1908-1950
___ Italian ___ writer ___ 1935-1950
Data ___ Cadogan, Alexander ___ 1884-1968
___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1938-1945
Data ___ Lindbergh, Charles
___ 1902-1974 ___ American ___ aviator ___ 1938-1945
Data ___ Ciano, Galeazzo ___ 1903-1943
___ Italian ___ diplomat, politician ___ 1939-1943
Data ___ Isherwood, Christopher
___ 1904-1986 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1939-1960
Data ___ Last, Nella ___ 1909-1968 ___
British ___ craftsperson ___ 1939-1965
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen
___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ King, Cecil Harmsworth
___ 1901-1987 ___ British ___ merchant ___ 1940-1945 1965-1974
Data ___ Ó Ríordáin,
Seán ___ 1916-1977 ___ Irish ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1940-1977
Data ___ Menzies, Robert ___ 1894-1978
___ Australian ___ politician ___ 1941
Data ___ Poynton, John Orde ___ 1906-2001
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1942-1943
Data ___ Gaitskell, Hugh ___ 1906-1963
___ British ___ politician ___ 1945-1956
Data ___ Gladwyn, Cynthia ___ 1898-1990
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1946-1971
Data ___ De Beauvoir, Simone ___
1908-1986 ___ French ___ teacher, writer ___ 1947
Data ___ Pearson, Drew ___ 1897-1969
___ American ___ writer ___ 1949-1959
Data ___ Crossman, Richard ___ 1907-1974
___ British ___ politician ___ 1951-1870
Data ___ Guevara, Ernesto ___ 1928-1967
___ Argentinian ___ politician ___ 1951-1952 1966-1967
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
Data ___ Longford, Francis ___ 1905-2001
___ British ___ politician ___ 1981
Data ___ Hussey, Gemma ___ 1938-n/a
___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1982-1987
Data ___ Wyatt, Woodrow ___ 1918-1997
___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1985-1997
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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.