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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

exploration, geology, nature, science (sorted by diary dates)
Surname, first name___ born-died ___ nationality ___ occupation ___ diary dates
EXPLORATION
Data ___ Columbus, Christopher ___ 1451-1506 ___ Italian ___ sailor ___ 1492-1493 1498
Data ___ da Gama, Vasco ___ 1469c-1524 ___ Portuguese ___ sailor ___ 1497-1499
Data ___ Pigafetta, Antonio ___ 1491c-1534c ___ Italian ___ sailor ___ 1519-1522
Data ___ Torre, Tomás de la ___ 1510c-1567 ___ Spanish ___ priest ___ 1544-1545
Data ___ Fenton, Edward ___ n/a-1603 ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1582-1583
Data ___ Castaño de Sosa, Gaspar ___ 1550g-1593g ___ Portuguese ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1590-1591
Data ___ Escobar, Fray Francisco ___ n/a-n/a ___ Spanish ___ priest, explorer ___ 1604-1605
Data ___ Munk, Jens ___ 1579-1628 ___ Danish ___ explorer ___ 1619-1620
Data ___ d'Ibberville, Pierre Lemoyne ___ 1661-1706 ___ Canadian ___ sailor, explorer ___ 1698-1699
Data ___ Roggeveen, Jakob ___ 1659-1729 ___ Dutch ___ sailor ___ 1721-1722
Data ___ Croghan, George ___ 1720c-1782 ___ Irish ___ tradesman, civilservant ___ 1751g-1767g
Data ___ Cook, James ___ 1728-1779 ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1768-1779
Data ___ De La Pérouse, Jean-François De Galaup ___ 1741-1788 ___ French ___ sailor, explorer ___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Clark, William ___ 1770-1838 ___ American ___ soldier, explorer, civilservant ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Lewis, Meriwether ___ 1774-1809 ___ American ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Cunningham, Allan ___ 1791-1839 ___ British ___ naturalist, explorer ___ 1817-1818
Data ___ Mitchell, Elisha ___ 1793-1857 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1827-1828
Data ___ Moore, George Fletcher ___ 1798-1886 ___ British ___ lawyer ___ 1830-1841
Data ___ Mitchell, Thomas ___ 1792-1855 ___ British ___ surveyor ___ 1831-1836 1845
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845 ___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
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

GEOLOGY
Data ___ Clark, William ___ 1770-1838 ___ American ___ soldier, explorer, civilservant ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Lewis, Meriwether ___ 1774-1809 ___ American ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Mitchell, Elisha ___ 1793-1857 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1827-1828
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882 ___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Mitchell, Thomas ___ 1792-1855 ___ British ___ surveyor ___ 1831-1836 1845
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845 ___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
Data ___ Mawson, Douglas ___ 1882-1958 ___ Australian ___ teacher, explorer ___ 1907-1914 1929-1931
Data ___ Scott, Robert Falcon ___ 1868-1912 ___ British ___ explorer ___ 1910-1912

NATURE
Data ___ Columbus, Christopher ___ 1451-1506 ___ Italian ___ sailor ___ 1492-1493 1498
Data ___ Madox, Richard ___ 1546-1583 ___ British ___ priest ___ 1582
Data ___ Escobar, Fray Francisco ___ n/a-n/a ___ Spanish ___ priest, explorer ___ 1604-1605
Data ___ Coverte, Robert ___ n/a-n/a ___ British ___ sailor ___ 1607-1611
Data ___ Ashmole, Elias ___ 1617-1692 ___ British ___ scientist, lawyer ___ 1633-1688
Data ___ Basho, Matsuo ___ 1644-1694 ___ Japanese ___ poet ___ 1684-1691
Data ___ Gray, Thomas ___ 1716-1771 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1739 1755 1765 1769
Data ___ Walpole, Horace ___ 1717-1797 ___ British ___ writer, antiquary ___ 1751-1789
Data ___ Rutty, John ___ 1698-1774 ___ British ___ doctor ___ 1753-1774
Data ___ Butler, Eleanor ___ 1739g-1829 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1785-1788
Data ___ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang ___ 1749-1832 ___ German ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1786-1788
Data ___ Simcoe, Elizabeth ___ 1762-1850 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1791-1796
Data ___ Hunt, Vere ___ 1761-1818 ___ Irish ___ soldier, landowner, entrepreneur ___ 1798-1816
Data ___ Wordsworth, Dorothy ___ 1771-1855 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1798-1828
Data ___ Hawker, Peter ___ 1786-1853 ___ British ___ soldier ___ 1802-1853
Data ___ Clark, William ___ 1770-1838 ___ American ___ soldier, explorer, civilservant ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Lewis, Meriwether ___ 1774-1809 ___ American ___ soldier, explorer ___ 1804-1806
Data ___ Cunningham, Allan ___ 1791-1839 ___ British ___ naturalist, explorer ___ 1817-1818
Data ___ Emerson, Ralph Waldo ___ 1803-1882 ___ American ___ writer, priest ___ 1820-1875
Data ___ Browne, Mary ___ 1807-1833 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1821
Data ___ Mitchell, Elisha ___ 1793-1857 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1827-1828
Data ___ O'Sullivan, Humphrey ___ 1780-1837 ___ Irish ___ teacher, tradesman ___ 1827-1835
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882 ___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Shore, Emily ___ 1819-1839 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1831-1839
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845 ___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
Data ___ Thoreau, Henry ___ 1817-1862 ___ American ___ writer, philosopher, naturalist ___ 1837-1861
Data ___ Pease, Edward ___ 1767-1858 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1838-1857
Data ___ Goodall, William ___ 1818g-1859 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1843-1859
Data ___ Duff, Mountstuart Grant ___ 1829-1906 ___ British ___ civilservant, politician ___ 1851-1901
Data ___ Beaman, Libby ___ n/a-1932 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1879-1880
Data ___ Potter, Beatrix ___ 1866-1943 ___ British ___ writer, painter ___ 1881-1897
Data ___ Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen ___ 1840-1922 ___ British ___ diplomat, writer ___ 1888-1914
Data ___ Wilson, Edward ___ 1872-1912 ___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1889-1912
Data ___ Barbellion, W N P ___ 1889-1919 ___ British ___ naturalist ___ 1903-1919
Data ___ Hubbard, Mina Benson ___ 1870-1956 ___ Canadian ___ nurse, writer ___ 1905
Data ___ Sassoon, Siegfried ___ 1886-1967 ___ British ___ poet ___ 1915-1925
Data ___ Leopold, Aldo ___ 1887-1948 ___ American ___ forester ___ 1924-1938
Data ___ Nicolson, Harold ___ 1886-1968 ___ British ___ politician, writer ___ 1930-1964
Data ___ Welch, Denton ___ 1915-1948 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1933 1942-1948
Data ___ Smart, Elizabeth ___ 1913-1986 ___ Canadian ___ writer ___ 1933-1986
Data ___ Partridge, Frances ___ 1900-2002 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1940-1971
Data ___ Sarton, May ___ 1912-1995 ___ American (born Belgium) ___ writer ___ 1973-1992
Data ___ Lewis, C S ___ 1898-1963 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1922-1927
Data ___ Jarman, Derek ___ 1942-1994 ___ British ___ painter, director ___ 1989-1990

SCIENCE
Data ___ Ashmole, Elias ___ 1617-1692 ___ British ___ scientist, lawyer ___ 1633-1688
Data ___ Evelyn, John ___ 1620-1706 ___ British ___ writer ___ 1640-1706
Data ___ Hooke, Robert ___ 1635-1703 ___ British ___ scientist ___ 1672-1681
Data ___ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang ___ 1749-1832 ___ German ___ civilservant, writer ___ 1786-1788
Data ___ Mitchell, Elisha ___ 1793-1857 ___ American ___ teacher ___ 1827-1828
Data ___ Darwin, Charles ___ 1809-1882 ___ British ___ scientist ___ 1831-1836
Data ___ Fox, Robert Barclay ___ 1817-1855 ___ British ___ n/a ___ 1832-1844
Data ___ Griffith, William ___ 1810-1845 ___ British ___ doctor, naturalist ___ 1835-1840
Data ___ Kierkegaard, Søren ___ 1813-1855 ___ Danish ___ philosopher ___ 1835-1855
Data ___ Strindberg, August ___ 1849-1912 ___ Swedish ___ writer ___ 1900-1908
Data ___ Romanoff, Alexis Lawrence ___ 1892-1980 ___ Russian ___ soldier, teacher ___ 1917-1920 1936-1948
Data ___ Priestley, Raymond ___ 1886-1974 ___ Australian ___ scientist, explorer ___ 1935g-1938g
Data ___ Steinbeck, John ___ 1902-1968 ___ American ___ writer ___ 1940 1951 1960

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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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