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Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

English naval administrator and diarist who recorded Hooke's Micrographia and the visit of Margaret Cavendish to the Royal Society.

Person

23 Feb 1633 O.S. – 26 May 1703 O.S.

Identifiers
Wikidata Q106143

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member of:
  • Navy Board

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spouse of:
  • Elisabeth Pepys

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assistant:
  • William Hewer

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friend of ←:
  • John Evelyn

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Appears in17 items

  • The Enlightenment1 item
    • Newton’s Principia is published5 Jul 1687 O.S.
  • The Great Fire of London14 items
    • Pepys watches from the Tower2 Sep 1666 O.S.
    • Pepys tells the King2 Sep 1666 O.S.
    • “Lord! what can I do?”2 Sep 1666 O.S.
    • Pepys is woken, and goes back to bed2 Sep 1666 O.S., 03:00
    • “Above 300 houses have been burned down”2 Sep 1666 O.S., 07:00
    • An arch of fire from Bankside2 Sep 1666 O.S., 19:00
    • The Royal Exchange burns3 Sep 1666 O.S.
    • Pepys’s valuables leave by cart3 Sep 1666 O.S., 04:00
    • Blowing up Tower Street4 Sep 1666 O.S.
    • Pepys buries his parmesan4 Sep 1666 O.S.
    • Pepys walks among the hot coals5 Sep 1666 O.S.
    • Pepys takes his gold to Woolwich5 Sep 1666 O.S., 02:00
    • The fire stops at Barking church5 Sep 1666 O.S., 07:00
    • A new fire at Bishopsgate6 Sep 1666 O.S., 05:00
  • The Scientific Revolution2 items
    • Hooke’s MicrographiaJan 1664/65 O.S.
    • Margaret Cavendish visits the Royal Society30 May 1667 O.S.

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