John Evelyn
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Wotton
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- art historian
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Image
- JohnEvelyn1687.jpg
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- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons category
- John Evelyn
- date of birth
- 1620-00-00
- date of death
- 1706-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- John Evelyn
- writing language
- English language
- has works in the collection
- Yale Center for British Art
- P12749
- Kurt Moll
- Commons Creator page
- John Evelyn
Sources (2)
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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.