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Samuel Pepys and Jonh Evelyn A contest of Diaries
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Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn:
A contest of Diaries?
Samuel Pepys was born on February 23rd 1633. ... From the fifteenth century on the Pepys have held
land, they were country folk. In 1642 Samuel had to go to Huntingdonshire were he had to
live with his uncle, Robert Pepys. Samuel went to school at Huntingdon together with Oliver
Cromwell and Edward Mountagu. ... When the
civil war ended Samuel Pepys returned to London and he entered St. ...
Afterwards Pepys attended the Magdalene College Cambridge, where nowadays his diary is
kept. In 1654, Pepys, took his bachelor degree and became the secretary and agent of Edward
Mountagu. In1655 Pepys has marries the fifteen year old Elizabeth St. ... Pepys started
writing his diary in 1660 when England was having a turbulent time. ... This was probably an important deal to write about and these hectic days were
doubtless one of the reasons for Pepys of starting to write this diary. The vanity of Pepys
explains his personal need to write. ... In October 1668, Samuel Pepys
suffered form eye strain and he thought he was going blind. ... By 1669
much of his career lay ahead, but Pepys still took on many further jobs.
John Evelyn was born in 1620, his family earned their money in the gunpowder
manufacture.
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Title: Samuel Pepys and Jonh Evelyn A contest of Diaries
Words: 1021 Rating: None Pages: 4.1 submitted by: Marieke
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