Samuel Pepys

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.

Occupation

politician, writer, diarist, justice of the peace

Position held

Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, President of the Royal Society, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament

Citizenship

Kingdom of England

Born

February 23, 1633, February 23, 1632

Died

May 26, 1703