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- F. Richard Evelyn (add)
- M. Eleanor Stansfield (add)
m. 27 Jan 1613 - George Evelyn1617 - 1699
- John Evelyn1620 - 1706
- H. John Evelyn1620 - 1706
- W. Mary BrowneAbt 1636 - 1708/09
Facts and Events
| Name |
John Evelyn |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
31 Oct 1620 |
Wotton, Surrey, |
| Marriage |
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to Mary Browne |
| Death? |
27 Feb 1706 |
Dover St, London, EnglandCause: at his house in Dover Street, London. |
| Burial? |
Feb 1706 |
Evelyn Chapel in St John's Church at WottonIn 1992 their skulls were stolen by persons unknown who hacked into the stone sarcophagi on the chapel floor and tore open the coffins. They have not been recovered. |
| Other[1] |
1706 |
Evelyn Chapel, St John's Church, WottonHere lies the Body of JOHN EVELYN Esq of this place, second son of RICHARD EVELYN Esq who having served the Publick in several employments of which that Commissioner of the Privy Seal in the reign of King James the 2nd was most Honourable: and perpetuated Evelyns' Epitaph |
| Reference Number |
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Q342712 (Wikidata) |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's diary, or memoir, spanned the period of his adult life from 1640, when he was a student, to 1706, the year he died. He did not write daily at all times. The many volumes provide insight into life and events at a time before regular magazines or newspapers were published, making diaries of greater interest to modern historians than such works might have been at later periods. Evelyn's work covers art, culture and politics, including the execution of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell's rise and eventual natural death, the last Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London in 1666.
John Evelyn's Diary was first published posthumously in 1818, but over the years was overshadowed by that Samuel Pepys. Pepys wrote a different kind of diary, covering a much shorter period, 1660–1669, but in much greater depth, within the same era.
Among the many subjects Evelyn wrote about, gardening was an increasing obsession of Evelyn's, and he left a huge manuscript on the subject that was not printed until 2001. He published several translations of French gardening books, and his Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees (1664) was very inflential in its plea to landowners to plant trees, of which he believed the country to be dangerously short. Sections from his main manuscript were added to editions of this, and also published separately.
References
- ↑ British History Online - Dictionary of National Biography
#1, 1988.
British History Online
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Victoria County History....
The Victoria County History (VCH) is a unique, comprehensive, and authoritative work of English local history, arranged county by county, and based on rigorous original research. General volumes cover subjects such as the political, religious, economic, and educational history of each county as a whole, and topographical volumes contain detailed historical accounts of each town, village, and parish, arranged in a consistent format. To date about 230 volumes have been published; some county sets are complete, while others have only one or two volumes so far published. In 2003 work is progressing on 13 counties, and overall about four volumes are published each year. Many counties make their draft text available online before publication: more information and links to county websites can be found on the VCH's main website.
- John Evelyn, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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