Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

male, deceased (1703)
patronage, nineteenth century, Old Pauline, from the City of London, Fellow of the Royal Society, Diarist…President of the Royal Society, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, member of parliament, Freemen of the City of London, Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his di...
John Evelyn

John Evelyn

male, deceased (1706)
Wotton, Evelyn Tables, Wotton, Surrey, padua, Balliol College, Oxford, English Civil War…Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford, GreatFireofLondon, Great Plague of London, Fellow of the Royal Society
John Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist. Evelyn's diaries are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the...
Nicholas Barbon

Nicholas Barbon

male, deceased (1698)
Economist, GreatFireofLondon, financial speculator, great fire of 1666, Praise-God Barbon, economic freedom…College of Physician, A Discourse of Trade
Nicholas Barbon (c. 1640 - 1698) was an English economist, physician and financial speculator. He is counted among the critics of mercantilism and...
William Lilly

William Lilly

male, deceased (1681)
writer, Astrologer, From Leicestershire, GreatFireofLondon, astrological charts, classical education
William Lilly (May 1 (O.S.)/May 11 (N.S.), 1602 – June 9, 1681), was a famed English astrologer and occultist during his time. Lilly was pa...

Robert Hubert

male, deceased (1666)
English, execution, Rouen, executed by hanging, GreatFireofLondon, wrongfully convicted
Robert Hubert (b. c. 1640, d. 28 September, 1666) was a watchmaker from Rouen, France, famous for his false confession of starting the Great Fire...
John Ogilby

John Ogilby

male, deceased (1676)
Cartographer, GreatFireofLondon, King's Bench, lord deputy, dancing master, Master of the Revels
John Ogilby (November 1600 - September 4, 1676) was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer. He is known best for his Britannia Atlas of...
Kathleen Winsor

Kathleen Winsor

female, deceased (2003)
forever amber, romance novel, American, restoration, Romantic fiction writer, Historical fiction writer…GreatFireofLondon
Kathleen Winsor (October 16, 1919 - May 26, 2003) was an American author, best known for the romance novel "Forever Amber". Born in a small town in...

Thomas Bloodworth

male, deceased (1682)
Company of Vintner, Worshipful Company of Vintner, Company of Vintners, Worshipful Company of Vintners, GreatFireofLondon, firefighting…Lord Mayor of London
Sir Thomas Bloodworth (sometimes spelled Bludworth) (1620-1682) was Lord Mayor of London from October 1665 to October 1666. His inaction during the...
Robert Viner

Robert Viner

male, deceased (1688)
Warwick, charles ii, windsor, baronet, mansion house, Lord Mayor of London…Baronet in the Baronetage of England, GreatFireofLondon, great fire in London
Sir Robert Viner, 1st Baronet, (1631 - September 2, 1688), Lord Mayor of London, was born in Warwick, but migrated in early life to London, where...

Thomas Vincent

male, deceased (1678)
Scots Metrical Psalter, Christianity in London, Religion in London, Scottish, Non-fiction writer, puritan…GreatFireofLondon, Great Plague of London, Act of Uniformity
Thomas Vincent was a Puritan minister and author. Both his father and brother were prominent ministers. He was educated at Christ's College,...