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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

European countries (sorted by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary dates
AUSTRIA
Data ___ Birchall, Emily ___ 1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873
Data ___ Mitchison, Naomi ___ 1897-1999 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1934 1939-1945

BELGIUM
Data ___ Manning, Henry Edward ___ 1808-1892 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1844-1890

DENMARK/FINLAND/SWEDEN
Data ___ Pasek, Jan ___ 1636c-1701 ___ Polish ___ soldier, writer ___ 1650g-1701g
Data ___ Brecht, Bertolt ___ 1898-1956 ___ German ___ writer ___ 1920-1922 1934-1955

FRANCE
Data ___ Walsingham, Francis ___ 1532g-1590 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1570-1583
Data ___ Coningsby, Thomas ___ 1561c-1625 ___ British ___ soldier, politician ___ 1591
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Gray, Thomas ___ 1716-1771 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1739 1755 1765 1769
Data ___ Adams, John ___ 1735-1826 ___ American ___ teacher, lawyer, politician ___ 1753-1804
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795 ___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Cole, William ___ 1714-1782 ___ British ___ priest, antiquary ___ 1765-1767
Data ___ Thrale, Hester Lynch Piozzi ___ 1741-1821 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1766-1809
Data ___ Harris, James ___ 1745-1829 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1767-1820
Data ___ Windham, William ___ 1750-1810 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1769-1810
Data ___ Von Lowenstern, Hermann Ludwig ___ 1777-1836 ___ German ___ sailor ___ 1793-1815
Data ___ Jackson, George ___ 1785-1861 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853 ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853
Data ___ Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin ___ n/a-n/a ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1806-1808 1823-1824
Data ___ Bury, Charlotte ___ 1775-1861 ___ British ___ courtier, writer ___ 1810-1820
Data ___ Browne, Mary ___ 1807-1833 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1821
Data ___ Raikes, Thomas ___ 1777-1848 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1831-1847
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864 ___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Birchall, Emily ___ 1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873
Data ___ Bashkirtseff, Marie ___ 1858-1884 ___ Russian ___ painter ___ 1873-1884
Data ___ Stevenson, Robert Louis ___ 1850-1894 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1878 1880
Data ___ Gissing, George ___ 1857-1903 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1887-1902
Data ___ Bennett, Arnold ___ 1867-1931 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1896-1928
Data ___ Mansfield, Katherine ___ 1888-1923 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1904-1922
Data ___ Cunningham, Alfred ___ 1882-1939 ___ American ___ aviator ___ 1917-1918
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995 ___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Gladwyn, Cynthia ___ 1898-1990 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1946-1971
Data ___ Rorem, Ned ___ 1923-n/a ___ American ___ composer, writer ___ 1951-1999

GERMANY
Data ___ Torkington, Richard ___ n/a-n/a ___ British ___ priest ___ 1516-1517
Data ___ De Montaigne, Michel ___ 1533-1592 ___ French ___ lawyer ___ 1580-1581
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Wesley, John ___ 1703-1791 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1725-1791
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795 ___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Harris, James ___ 1745-1829 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1767-1820
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859 ___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Jackson, George ___ 1785-1861 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1801-1816
Data ___ Robinson, Henry Crabb ___ 1775-1867 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1801-1867
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke ___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Dostoevsky, Anna Grigoryevna ___ 1846-1918 ___ Russian ___ n/a ___ 1867
Data ___ Klee, Paul ___ 1879-1940 ___ Swiss ___ artist ___ 1897-1918 1914
Data ___ Musil, Robert ___ 1880-1942 ___ Austrian ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1899-1941
Data ___ Mansfield, Katherine ___ 1888-1923 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1904-1922
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995 ___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Shirer, William L ___ 1904-1993 ___ American ___ writer ___ 1934-1945
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen ___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ Mansel, John ___ 1909-1974 ___ British ___ architect soldier ___ 1940-1945

GREECE
Data ___ Durrell, Lawrence ___ 1912-1990 ___ British (born in India) ___ writer ___ 1937-1938
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864 ___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Beaton, Cecil ___ 1904-1980 ___ British ___ artist designer writer ___ 1922-1980

HOLLAND
Data ___ Dürer, Albrecht ___ 1471-1528 ___ German ___ painter ___ 1520-1521
Data ___ Brereton, William ___ 1604-1661 ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1634-1635
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Wesley, John ___ 1703-1791 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1725-1791
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795 ___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Rawdon, Francis ___ 1754-1826 ___ British ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1794-1795 1813-1818
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853 ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853

HUNGARY
Data ___ Birchall, Emily ___ 1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873

IRELAND
Data ___ von Münchhausen, Ludolf ___ 1570-1640 ___ German ___ landowner ___ 1590
Data ___ Brereton, William ___ 1604-1661 ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1634-1635
Data ___ Stevens, John ___ n/a-1726 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1689-1691
Data ___ Pococke, Richard ___ 1704-1765 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1747 1750 1752 1760
Data ___ Dyott, William ___ 1761-1846 ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1781-1845
Data ___ Benn-Walsh, John ___ 1798-1881 ___ British ___ landowner, politician ___ 1821g-1864g
Data ___ Smith, Elizabeth ___ 1797-1885 ___ British ___ teacher ___ 1840-1850
Data ___ Nicholson, Asenath ___ 1796c-1855 ___ American ___ teacher, reformer ___ 1847-1849
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864 ___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858

ITALY
Data ___ Torkington, Richard ___ n/a-n/a ___ British ___ priest ___ 1516-1517
Data ___ De Montaigne, Michel ___ 1533-1592 ___ French ___ lawyer ___ 1580-1581
Data ___ Reresby, John ___ 1634-1689 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1634-1689
Data ___ Gray, Thomas ___ 1716-1771 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1739 1755 1765 1769
Data ___ Windham, William ___ 1750-1810 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1769-1810
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859 ___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang ___ 1749-1832 ___ German ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1786-1788
Data ___ Robinson, Henry Crabb ___ 1775-1867 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1801-1867
Data ___ Bury, Charlotte ___ 1775-1861 ___ British ___ courtier, writer ___ 1810-1820
Data ___ Byron, George ___ 1788-1824 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1813-1814 1816 1821
Data ___ Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft ___ 1797-1851 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1814-1844
Data ___ Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke ___ 1794-1865 ___ British ___ civilservant ___ 1814-1860
Data ___ Fox, Henry Edward ___ 1802-1859 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1818-1830
Data ___ Macaulay, Thomas Babington ___ 1800-1859 ___ British ___ historian ___ 1838-1859
Data ___ Manning, Henry Edward ___ 1808-1892 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1844-1890
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864 ___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Leeves, Edward ___ 1795c-1871c ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1849-1850
Data ___ Symonds, John Addington ___ 1840-1893 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1860-1888
Data ___ Birchall, Emily ___ 1852-1884 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1873
Data ___ Gissing, George ___ 1857-1903 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1887-1902
Data ___ Peerless, Henry ___ 1866-1930 ___ British ___ merchant ___ 1891-1920
Data ___ Klee, Paul ___ 1879-1940 ___ Swiss ___ artist ___ 1897-1918 1914
Data ___ Pym, Barbara ___ 1913-1980 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1932-1979
Data ___ Origo, Iris ___ 1902-1988 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1943-1944
Data ___ Grenfell, Joyce Irene ___ 1910-1979 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1944-1945

MALTA
Data ___ Senior, Nassau ___ 1790-1864 ___ British ___ teacher, writer ___ 1848-1858
Data ___ Grenfell, Joyce Irene ___ 1910-1979 ___ British ___ actor ___ 1944-1945

NORWAY
Data ___ Windham, William ___ 1750-1810 ___ British ___ politician ___ 1769-1810

PORTUGAL
Data ___ Coverte, Robert ___ n/a-n/a ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607-1611
Data ___ Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin ___ n/a-n/a ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1806-1808 1823-1824
Data ___ Swabey, William ___ 1789-1872 ___ British ___ soldier, politician ___ 1811-1813

RUSSIA
Data ___ De La Pérouse, Jean-François De Galaup ___ 1741-1788 ___ French ___ sailor, explorer ___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Whistler, Anna Mathilda ___ 1804-1881 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1843-1849
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943 ___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Lockhart, Robert Bruce ___ 1887-1970 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1915-1970
Data ___ Bullard, Reader ___ 1885-1976 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1930-1934
Data ___ Muggeridge, Malcolm ___ 1903-1990 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1932-1962
Data ___ Spender, Harold Stephen ___ 1909-1995 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1939-1983
Data ___ Casson, Hugh ___ 1910-1999 ___ British ___ architect ___ 1954 1980
Data ___ Oswald, Lee Harvey ___ 1939-1963 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1959-1962

SPAIN
Data ___ Harris, James ___ 1745-1829 ___ British ___ diplomat ___ 1767-1820
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859 ___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Swabey, William ___ 1789-1872 ___ British ___ soldier, politician ___ 1811-1813
Data ___ Brenan, Gerald ___ 1894-1987 ___ British (born in Malta) ___ writer ___ 1914-1964

SWITZERLAND
Data ___ De Montaigne, Michel ___ 1533-1592 ___ French ___ lawyer ___ 1580-1581
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795 ___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859 ___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Bury, Charlotte ___ 1775-1861 ___ British ___ courtier, writer ___ 1810-1820
Data ___ Byron, George ___ 1788-1824 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1813-1814 1816 1821
Data ___ Symonds, John Addington ___ 1840-1893 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1860-1888
Data ___ Dostoevsky, Anna Grigoryevna ___ 1846-1918 ___ Russian ___ n/a ___ 1867
Data ___ Bell, Gertrude ___ 1868-1926 ___ British ___ writer diplomat ___ 1877-1919
Data ___ Peerless, Henry ___ 1866-1930 ___ British ___ merchant ___ 1891-1920
Data ___ Brecht, Bertolt ___ 1898-1956 ___ German ___ writer ___ 1920-1922 1934-1955

UK
Data ___ Maisse, André Hurault ___ 1539-1607 ___ French ___ diplomat ___ 1597
Data ___ Waldstein, ___ 1581-1623 ___ Czech ___ n/a ___ 1597-1603
Data ___ De Bassompierre, Francois ___ 1579-1646 ___ French ___ soldier, diplomat ___ 1626
Data ___ Perceval, John ___ 1683-1748 ___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1701 1728-1747
Data ___ Leadbeater, Mary ___ 1758-1826 ___ Irish ___ n/a ___ 1774-1826
Data ___ Irving, Washington ___ 1783-1859 ___ American ___ writer ___ 1803-1842
Data ___ Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin ___ n/a-n/a ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1806-1808 1823-1824
Data ___ Whistler, Anna Mathilda ___ 1804-1881 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1843-1849
Data ___ Ritchie, Charles ___ 1906-1995 ___ Canadian ___ diplomat ___ 1924-1971
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986 ___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986

UKRAINE
Data ___ Lassota Von Steblau, Erich ___ 1550g-1594 ___ Russian ___ diplomat ___ 1594

 

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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.


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