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
art, film, music, sport, theatre (sorted by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
ART
Data ___ Dürer, Albrecht
___ 1471-1528 ___ German ___ painter ___ 1520-1521
Data ___ Manningham, John ___
1580c-1622 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1602-1603
Data ___ Hooke, Robert ___ 1635-1703
___ British ___ scientist ___ 1672-1681
Data ___ Hearne, Thomas ___ 1678-1735
___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1701-1735
Data ___ Walpole, Horace ___ 1717-1797
___ British ___ writer, antiquary ___ 1751-1789
Data ___ Windham, William ___ 1750-1810
___ British ___ politician ___ 1769-1810
Data ___ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang ___
1749-1832 ___ German ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1786-1788
Data ___ Farington, Joseph ___
1747-1821 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1793-1820
Data ___ Haydon, Benjamin ___ 1786-1846
___ British ___ painter ___ 1808-1846
Data ___ Delacroix, Eugène
Ferdinand ___ 1798-1863 ___ French ___ painter ___ 1822-1824 1832-1847
Data ___ Ruskin, John ___ 1819-1900
___ British ___ writer ___ 1830 1835-1889
Data ___ Brown, Ford Madox ___
1821-1893 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1847-1866
Data ___ De Goncourt, Edmond
___ 1822-1896 ___ French ___ writer ___ 1851-1896
Data ___ De Goncourt, Jules ___
1830-1870 ___ French ___ writer ___ 1851-1896
Data ___ Symonds, John Addington
___ 1840-1893 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1860-1888
Data ___ Domett, Alfred ___ 1811-1887
___ British ___ poet, politician ___ 1872-1885
Data ___ Bashkirtseff, Marie
___ 1858-1884 ___ Russian ___ painter ___ 1873-1884
Data ___ Birchall, John Dearman
___ 1828-1897 ___ British ___ manufacturer ___ 1873g
Data ___ Kessler, Harry ___ 1868-1937
___ French ___ soldier ___ 1880-1937
Data ___ Klee, Paul ___ 1879-1940 ___
Swiss ___ artist ___ 1897-1918 1914
Data ___ Mahler-Werfel, Alma ___ 1879-1964
___ Austrian ___ musician ___ 1898-1902
Data ___ Reith, John ___ 1889-1971
___ British ___ politician ___ 1911-1971
Data ___ Nin, Anaïs ___ 1903-1977
___ French ___ writer ___ 1914-1971
Data ___ Carrington, Dora de Houghton
___ 1893-1932 ___ British ___ painter ___ 1917-1932
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
Data ___ Cocteau, Jean ___ 1889-1963
___ French ___ writer, director ___ 1928-1963
Data ___ Friend, Donald ___ 1915-1989
___ Australian ___ artist, writer ___ 1929-1989g
Data ___ Welch, Denton ___ 1915-1948
___ British ___ writer ___ 1933 1942-1948
Data ___ Gascoyne, David ___ 1916-2001
___ British ___ poet ___ 1936-1939
Data ___ Kahlo, Frida ___ 1907-1954
___ Mexican ___ painter ___ 1944-1954
Data ___ Collis, Maurice ___ 1889-1973
___ Irish ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1949-1969
Data ___ Dali, Salvador ___ 1904-1989
___ Spanish ___ painter ___ 1952-1963
Data ___ Casson, Hugh ___ 1910-1999
___ British ___ architect ___ 1954 1980
Data ___ Paul, Kate ___ 1940-n/a ___
British ___ writer ___ 1958-1963
Data ___ Wojnarowicz, David ___
1955-1992 ___ American ___ painter ___ 1971-1990
Data ___ Warhol, Andy ___ 1926-1987
___ American ___ painter, director ___ 1976-1987
Data ___ Jarman, Derek ___ 1942-1994
___ British ___ painter, director ___ 1989-1990
Data ___ Eno, Brian ___ 1948-n/a ___
British ___ musician ___ 1995
FILM
Data ___ Cocteau, Jean
___ 1889-1963 ___ French ___ writer, director ___ 1928-1963
Data ___ Isherwood, Christopher
___ 1904-1986 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1939-1960
Data ___ Coward, Noel Peirce ___ 1899-1973
___ British ___ writer, actor ___ 1941-1969
Data ___ Williams, Kenneth ___ 1926-1988
___ British ___ actor ___ 1942-1988
Data ___ Coppola, Eleanor ___ 1936-n/a
___ American ___ designer ___ 1976-1979
Data ___ Jarman, Derek ___ 1942-1994
___ British ___ painter, director ___ 1989-1990
Data ___ Guinness, Alec ___ 1914-2000
___ British ___ actor ___ 1995
MUSIC
Data ___ Dallam, Thomas
___ 1575c-1630c ___ British ___ craftsperson, musician ___ 1598-1600
Data ___ Beethoven, Ludvig van
___ 1770-1827 ___ German ___ composer ___ 1795-1818
Data ___ Green, Thomas ___ 1769-1825
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1796-1811
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853
Data ___ Delacroix, Eugène
Ferdinand ___ 1798-1863 ___ French ___ painter ___ 1822-1824 1832-1847
Data ___ Eliot, George ___ 1819-1880
___ British ___ writer ___ 1855-1877
Data ___ Symonds, John Addington
___ 1840-1893 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1860-1888
Data ___ Wagner, Cosima Liszt ___
1837-1930 ___ Italian ___ n/a ___ 1869-1883
Data ___ Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
___ 1840-1893 ___ Russian ___ composer ___ 1873 1884-1891
Data ___ Sullivan, Arthur Seymour
___ 1842-1900 ___ British ___ composer ___ 1881-1900
Data ___ Mahler-Werfel, Alma ___ 1879-1964
___ Austrian ___ musician ___ 1898-1902
Data ___ Petipa, Marius ___ 1819-1910
___ French ___ dancer ___ 1900g-1910g
Data ___ Barbellion, W N P ___
1889-1919 ___ British ___ naturalist ___ 1903-1919
Data ___ Sassoon, Siegfried ___ 1886-1967
___ British ___ poet ___ 1915-1925
Data ___ Britten, Benjamin ___ 1913-1976
___ British ___ composer ___ 1928-1938
Data ___ Partridge, Frances ___
1900-2002 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1940-1971
Data ___ Coward, Noel Peirce ___ 1899-1973
___ British ___ writer, actor ___ 1941-1969
Data ___ De Beauvoir, Simone ___
1908-1986 ___ French ___ teacher, writer ___ 1947
Data ___ Rorem, Ned ___ 1923-n/a ___
American ___ composer, writer ___ 1951-1999
Data ___ Eno, Brian ___ 1948-n/a ___
British ___ musician ___ 1995
Data ___ Bull, Deborah ___ 1963-n/a
___ British ___ dancer ___ 1999
SPORT
Data ___ Choshoshi,
Kinoshita ___ 1569-1649 ___ Japanese ___ soldier, poet ___ 1592
Data ___ Moore, Giles ___ 1635-1679
___ British ___ priest ___ 1655-1679
Data ___ Isham, Thomas ___ 1657-1681
___ British ___ landowner ___ 1671-1673
Data ___ Teonge, Henry ___ 1620-1690
___ British ___ priest ___ 1675-1676 1678-1679
Data ___ Baker, John ___ 1712-1779
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1750-1779
Data ___ Woodforde, James ___
1740-1803 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1759-1802
Data ___ Brown, Nicholas ___ 1722c-1797
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1767-1796
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853
Data ___ Newton, Benjamin ___ 1761-1830
___ British ___ priest ___ 1816-1818
THEATRE
Data ___ Henslowe, Philip
___ 1550c-1616 ___ British ___ entrepreneur ___ 1591-1597
Data ___ Manningham, John ___
1580c-1622 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1602-1603
Data ___ Hunt, Vere ___ 1761-1818 ___
Irish ___ soldier, landowner, entrepreneur ___ 1798-1816
Data ___ Hobhouse, John Cam ___
1786-1869 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1809-1852
Data ___ Kemble, Fanny ___ 1809-1893
___ British ___ actor ___ 1831-1839
Data ___ Victoria, ___ 1819-1901
___ British ___ sovereign ___ 1832-1840 1842-1882
Data ___ Macready, William Charles
___ 1793-1873 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1833-1851
Data ___ Gregory, Isabella Augusta
___ 1852-1932 ___ Irish ___ writer ___ 1892-1902 1916-1930
Data ___ Brecht, Bertolt ___ 1898-1956
___ German ___ writer ___ 1920-1922 1934-1955
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980
___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980
Data ___ Agate, James Evershed ___
1877-1947 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1935-1947
Data ___ Coward, Noel Peirce ___ 1899-1973
___ British ___ writer, actor ___ 1941-1969
Data ___ Williams, Kenneth ___ 1926-1988
___ British ___ actor ___ 1942-1988
Data ___ Bennett, Alan ___ 1934-n/a
___ British ___ writer ___ 1969-1990
Data ___ Hall, Peter ___ 1930-n/a
___ British ___ director ___ 1972-1980
Data ___ Guinness, Alec ___ 1914-2000
___ British ___ actor ___ 1995
ADVERTISEMENTS
A novel in search of a publisher: 'Begetting
- Loss - Recovery', or BLR for short, is a psychological thriller. The
story, told in three parts corresponding to those in the title, deals with
a fear that taps deep into the veins of our society. In the first part the
narrator, Bill, reflects on his relationship with Susan, and the circumstances
which led them to have a child, Belinda. Part two begins with the inexplicable
loss of Belinda, and takes place over seven tense days. Bill describes his
fluctuating mental processes and his impotent practical responses to the
crisis. Part three, which is narrated in the present tense, builds to an
exciting climax.
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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.