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
commerce, education, law, philosophy, prison,
psychology (sorted by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary
dates
COMMERCE
Data ___ Landucci, Luca
___ 1436g-1516 ___ Italian ___ tradesman ___ 1450-1516
Data ___ Wyot, Philip ___ n/a-n/a ___
British ___ civilservant ___ 1586-1608
Data ___ Winthrop, Adam ___ 1548-1623
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1586-1617
Data ___ Henslowe, Philip ___ 1550c-1616
___ British ___ entrepreneur ___ 1591-1597
Data ___ Honeywell, William ___
n/a-1614 ___ British ___ farmer ___ 1596-1614
Data ___ Powell, Walter ___ 1581-1656
___ British ___ farmer ___ 1603-1655
Data ___ Cocks, Thomas ___ n/a-1611
___ British ___ auditor ___ 1607-1610
Data ___ Coverte, Robert ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607-1611
Data ___ Keeling, William ___ 1578-1620
___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607 1615-1617
Data ___ Boyle, Richard ___ 1566-1643
___ British ___ entrepreneur, politician ___ 1611-1643
Data ___ Sewall, Samuel ___ 1652-1730
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1673-1729
Data ___ Stapley, Richard ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ farmer ___ 1682-1724
Data ___ Burrell, Timothy ___ 1643-1717
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1686-1717
Data ___ Pillai, Ananda Ranga ___
1709-1761 ___ Indian ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1736-1761
Data ___ Croghan, George ___ 1720c-1782
___ Irish ___ tradesman, civilservant ___ 1751g-1767g
Data ___ Walpole, Horace ___ 1717-1797
___ British ___ writer, antiquary ___ 1751-1789
Data ___ Jackson, Ralph ___ 1736-1790
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1753-1780
Data ___ Thrale, Hester Lynch Piozzi
___ 1741-1821 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1766-1809
Data ___ Hunt, Vere ___ 1761-1818 ___
Irish ___ soldier, landowner, entrepreneur ___ 1798-1816
Data ___ Lister, Anne ___ 1791-1840
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1806-1839
Data ___ Cummins, Nicholas M ___
1783-1838 ___ Irish ___ tradesman ___ 1810-1821 1834 1837
Data ___ Benn-Walsh, John ___ 1798-1881
___ British ___ landowner, politician ___ 1821g-1864g
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 ___ Strong, George Templeton
___ 1820-1875 ___ American ___ lawyer ___ 1835-1875
Data ___ Pease, Edward ___ 1767-1858
___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1857
Data ___ Doble, John ___ 1828-1866
___ American ___ soldier ___ 1851-1854
Data ___ Clements, William ___ 1805-1878
___ Irish ___ soldier, landowner ___ 1857-1873
Data ___ Birchall, John Dearman
___ 1828-1897 ___ British ___ manufacturer ___ 1873g
Data ___ Reith, John ___ 1889-1971
___ British ___ politician ___ 1911-1971
EDUCATION
Data ___ Furse, Robert ___
n/a-1593 ___ British ___ farmer ___ 1593
Data ___ Ward, Samuel ___ 1577-1643
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1595-1601 1621-1629
Data ___ Crosfield, Thomas ___
1602-1663 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1626-1640 1653-1654
Data ___ Wood, Anthony ___ 1632-1695
___ British ___ antiquary ___ 1657-1695
Data ___ Wesley, John ___ 1703-1791
___ British ___ priest ___ 1725-1791
Data ___ Whitefield, George ___
1714-1770 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1736-1745
Data ___ O'Sullivan, Humphrey ___
1780-1837 ___ Irish ___ teacher, tradesman ___ 1827-1835
Data ___ Tolstoy, Leo ___ 1828-1910
___ Russian ___ writer ___ 1846-1910
Data ___ Grimké, Charlotte
Forten Bridges ___ 1837-1914 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1854-1862 1885-1892
Data ___ Ward, Lester Frank ___
1841-1913 ___ American ___ scientist, teacher ___ 1860-1870
Data ___ Cory, William Johnson ___ 1823-1892
___ British ___ teacher ___ 1863-1873
Data ___ Harris, Elizabeth Johnson
___ 1867-1923 ___ American ___ n/a ___ 1867-1923
Data ___ Webb, Beatrice ___ 1858-1943
___ British ___ reformer, writer ___ 1873-1943
Data ___ Hamilton-Gordon, Ishbel
Maria ___ 1857-1939 ___ British ___ reformer ___ 1890-1899
Data ___ Benson, Arthur Christopher
___ 1862-1925 ___ British ___ writer, teacher ___ 1897-1925
Data ___ Romanoff, Alexis Lawrence
___ 1892-1980 ___ Russian ___ soldier, teacher ___ 1917-1920 1936-1948
Data ___ Klemperer, Victor ___
1881-1960 ___ German ___ teacher ___ 1933-1945
Data ___ Priestley, Raymond ___
1886-1974 ___ Australian ___ scientist, explorer ___ 1935g-1938g
Data ___ De Beauvoir, Simone ___
1908-1986 ___ French ___ teacher, writer ___ 1947
Data ___ Sarton, May ___ 1912-1995
___ American (born Belgium) ___ writer ___ 1973-1992
Data ___ Hussey, Gemma ___ 1938-n/a
___ Irish ___ politician ___ 1982-1987
LAW
Data ___ Winthrop, Adam
___ 1548-1623 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1586-1617
Data ___ Sewall, Samuel ___ 1652-1730
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1673-1729
Data ___ Boswell, James ___ 1740-1795
___ British ___ writer, lawyer ___ 1762-1794
Data ___ Brown, Nicholas ___ 1722c-1797
___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1767-1796
Data ___ Robinson, Henry Crabb ___
1775-1867 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1801-1867
Data ___ Cockburn, Henry ___
1779-1854 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1831-1854
PHILOSOPHY
Data ___ Emerson,
Ralph Waldo ___ 1803-1882 ___ American ___ writer, priest ___ 1820-1875
Data ___ Kierkegaard, Søren
___ 1813-1855 ___ Danish ___ philosopher ___ 1835-1855
Data ___ Thoreau, Henry ___ 1817-1862
___ American ___ writer, philosopher, naturalist ___ 1837-1861
Data ___ Amiel, Henri Frédéric
___ 1821-1881 ___ Swiss ___ philosopher ___ 1847-1881
Data ___ Musil, Robert ___ 1880-1942
___ Austrian ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1899-1941
Data ___ Gascoyne, David ___ 1916-2001
___ British ___ poet ___ 1936-1939
Data ___ De Beauvoir, Simone ___
1908-1986 ___ French ___ teacher, writer ___ 1947
Data ___ Toynbee, Philip ___ 1916-1981
___ British ___ writer ___ 1977-1981
PRISON
Data ___ Wesley, John
___ 1703-1791 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1725-1791
Data ___ Fry, Elizabeth ___ 1780-1845
___ British ___ reformer ___ 1797-1845
Data ___ Haydon, Benjamin ___ 1786-1846
___ British ___ painter ___ 1808-1846
Data ___ Campbell, Neil ___ 1776-1827
___ British ___ soldier ___ 1814-1815
Data ___ Moore, George ___ n/a-n/a
___ British ___ merchant ___ 1844
Data ___ Casey, John Sarsfield ___
1846-1896 ___ Irish ___ politician, civilservant ___ 1867-1868
Data ___ Horsley, J W ___ 1845-1921
___ British ___ priest ___ 1886
Data ___ Hill, Donald ___ 1921-1985
___ British ___ aviator ___ 1939-1945g
Data ___ Mansel, John ___ 1909-1974
___ British ___ architect, soldier ___ 1940-1945
Data ___ Hillesum, Etty ___ 1914-1943
___ Dutch ___ psychologist ___ 1941-1943
Data ___ Poynton, John Orde ___ 1906-2001
___ British ___ doctor ___ 1942-1943
Data ___ Malthe-Bruun, Kim ___
1923-1945 ___ Danish ___ sailor ___ 1941-1945
Data ___ Guareschi, Giovanni ___
1908-1968 ___ Italian ___ writer ___ 1943-1945
Data ___ Herzberg, Abel J ___ 1893-1989
___ Dutch ___ lawyer, writer ___ 1944-1945
Data ___ Boyle, Jimmy ___ 1944-n/a
___ British ___ sculptor, writer ___ 1974-1982
Data ___ Campbell, Joseph ___
1879-1944 ___ Irish ___ teacher, politician ___ 1922-1923
Data ___ Longford, Francis ___ 1905-2001
___ British ___ politician ___ 1981
PSYCHOLOGY
Data ___ Kierkegaard,
Søren ___ 1813-1855 ___ Danish ___ philosopher ___ 1835-1855
Data ___ Strindberg, August ___
1849-1912 ___ Swedish ___ writer ___ 1900-1908
Data ___ Nin, Anaïs ___ 1903-1977
___ French ___ writer ___ 1914-1971
Data ___ Reich, Wilhelm ___ 1897-1957
___ Austrian ___ psychologist ___ 1919-1921
Data ___ Dali, Salvador ___ 1904-1989
___ Spanish ___ painter ___ 1952-1963
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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.