Samuel Pepys

Born

February 23, 1633

Died

May 26, 1703 (aged 70)

Known as

politician, writer, diarist, justice of the peace, judge, chronicler

Samuel Pepys was an English writer and Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament, but is now most renowned for the diary he kept for almost a decade, first published in the 19th century and one of the most important primary sources of the Stuart Restoration.

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