In a 1695 memorandum in his diary Samuel Pepys wrote that he intended for his collection of books to differ from the "Extensive, Pompous, and Stationary Libraries of Princes, Universities, Colleges and other Publick-Societies" and from the "Voluminous...

Samuel Pepys, author of the finest and bestknown diary in English, was born in Salisbury Court near Fleet Street in London on 23 February 1633. He was the fifth of eleven children, of whom only three (Pepys the eldest) survived to adulthood. His...

Samuel Pepys, author of the finest and bestknown diary in English, was born in Salisbury Court near Fleet Street in London on 23 February 1633. He was the fifth of eleven children, of whom only three (Pepys the eldest) survived to adulthood. His...

The English diarist and public official Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) kept a diary that provides a graphic account of English social life and conditions during the early period of the Restoration. Samuel Pepys was born on Feb. 23, 1633, in London. His...