John Evelyn
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Quotes
- “The title that has consecrated this Alter is the Marriage of Souls, and the Golden thread that tyes the hearts of all the world; I tell you, Madam, Freindshipp is beyond all relations of flesh and blood, because it is less materiall.”
- “This Knight was indeede a valiant Gent: but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himselfe.”
- “I saw Hamlet Pr: of Denmark played: but now the old playe began to disgust this refined age.”
- “He was universally belov'd, Hospitable, Generous, Learned in many things, skill'd in Musick, a very greate Cherisher of Learned men of whom he had the conversation.”
- “A most excellent person he is, and must be allowed a little for a little conceitedness; but he may well be so, being a man so much above others.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1620-10-31 ) 31 October 1620, Wotton, Surrey , England
- Died
- 27 February 1706 (1706-02-27) (aged 85), Dover Street , London , England
- Occupations
- Writer gardener diarist
- Spouse
- Mary Evelyn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1647 )
- Children
- 8, including John and Mary
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to John Evelyn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706), 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.
John Evelyn's diary (or memoir) spanned the period of his adult life from 1640, when he was a student, to 1706, the year he died. He did not write daily at all times. The many volumes provide insight into life and events at a time before regular magazines or newspapers were published, making diaries of greater interest to modern historians than such works might have been at later periods. Evelyn's work covers art, culture and politics, including the execution of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell's rise and eventual natural death, the last Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Evelyn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.