- Born
- October 31, 1620
- Died
- February 27, 1706 (aged 85)
- Known as
- horticulturist, gardener, diarist, writer, art historian, garden designer
John Evelyn, an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, has become best known as a diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society.
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