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Samuel Pepys
b.23 Feb 1633 London, England
  1. Samuel Pepys1633 - 1703
m. 1655
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Name Samuel Pepys
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Feb 1633 London, EnglandFleet Street
Marriage 1655 to Elisabeth de St. Michel
Death[1] 26 May 1703 City of London, Middlesex, England
Burial[1] St. Olave Hart Street, City of London, Middlesex, England
Reference Number? Q106143?


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Samuel Pepys (; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator. He served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament and is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade. Pepys had no maritime experience, but he rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and his talent for administration. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy.

The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Samuel Pepys, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Samuel Pepys, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703), in The History of Parliament.
  4.   Samuel Pepys, in Find A Grave.
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