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- Samuel Pepys PRS, MP, JP, (/ˈpiːps/; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration, to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and subsequently King James II. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
- Samuel Pepys was a writer in the 17th century. The Fourth Doctor claimed to have met Samuel Pepys and his wife. (TV: Robot) During a visit to 1666, the Fourth Doctor told Sarah Jane Smith that they could drop in on Sam Pepys. (PROSE: The Republican's Story) In the 24th century, the Seventh Doctor noted that "no one writes like Samuel Pepys these days", and recalled him as an "observant fellow." (PROSE: The Dimension Riders) In 1887, the Doctor mentioned Samuel Pepys to Dr. John Watson. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)
- Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famous chiefly for his comprehensive diary. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by hard work and his talent for administration to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty. He was one of the first to apply methodical research and careful record keeping to the business of government, and his influence was important in the early development of the British Civil Service.
- Born into poverty, shame and a mysterious twinkling destiny on February 23, 1633, Samuel Pepys moved around England with his family from an early age, in a vain attempt to avoid junk mail. Seeing no future with his parents, Pepys ran away to sea to become a sailor. In 1649 he was hired by the English Navy as the teenage figurehead of NHMS Thar She Blows, a 15-gun overspliced battle-ketch built in Basingstoke. It was at this time that he started making the notes that would lead to the creation of his diary many years later.
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| abstract | - Samuel Pepys was a writer in the 17th century. The Fourth Doctor claimed to have met Samuel Pepys and his wife. (TV: Robot) During a visit to 1666, the Fourth Doctor told Sarah Jane Smith that they could drop in on Sam Pepys. (PROSE: The Republican's Story) In the 24th century, the Seventh Doctor noted that "no one writes like Samuel Pepys these days", and recalled him as an "observant fellow." (PROSE: The Dimension Riders) In 1887, the Doctor mentioned Samuel Pepys to Dr. John Watson. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire) The Eleventh Doctor took Amy and Rory to see Samuel Pepys. However, Rory noticed that he made "bleeping sounds". (COMIC: The Broken Man)
- Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famous chiefly for his comprehensive diary. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by hard work and his talent for administration to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty. He was one of the first to apply methodical research and careful record keeping to the business of government, and his influence was important in the early development of the British Civil Service. The detailed private diary that he kept during 1660–1669 was published after his death and is one of the most important primary sources for this period, particularly as Pepys was witness to several key events of the period. He stopped writing due to his failing eyesight. His wife Elizabeth Pepys died the same year. Pepys himself died in 1703 without children.
- Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator, Fellow of The Royal Society, and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. This page is stub. You can help The Baroque Cycle Wiki by expanding it.
- Samuel Pepys PRS, MP, JP, (/ˈpiːps/; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration, to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and subsequently King James II. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy. The detailed private diary Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
- Born into poverty, shame and a mysterious twinkling destiny on February 23, 1633, Samuel Pepys moved around England with his family from an early age, in a vain attempt to avoid junk mail. Seeing no future with his parents, Pepys ran away to sea to become a sailor. In 1649 he was hired by the English Navy as the teenage figurehead of NHMS Thar She Blows, a 15-gun overspliced battle-ketch built in Basingstoke. It was at this time that he started making the notes that would lead to the creation of his diary many years later. Pepys was greatly liked as a figurehead. He could turn a room of sailors into a joyous, jumping, sweaty, pop-mosh pit, or bring a crowd of drinkers to hushed silence with a few strums of a ukulele and a love song about cooking. However, Pepys suffered severe back trouble after attempting to stand still and look pretty for long sea voyages, and after three years he began complaining loudly. His calls were heeded and he was sent to scrub the browner nooks and crannies of the ship’s heads (or washrooms for you landlubbers). When Pepys complained loudly once again, this time of the “foulest stench I have yet tasted”, he was asked very nicely to walk the plank, whereupon he fell into the Indian Ocean and emerged on a tiny island inhabited only by purple seashells with hairy legs and Man Friday, a male personal assistant trained by the Manpower organisation and paid 2 guineas a month. The young, spotty Pepys' seminal work was The Secret Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aged 13 1/3, or, A TRUE and FAITHFULL Accompt of my Teen-Age Years, in the Year of Our LORD 1646. In it, Pepys describes in yawn-inducing detail his childhood crush on Nell Gwynne's oranges and his harsh treatment at the hands of 'Bully Cromwell' (who stole all his lunch farthings daily), as well as the usual teen-angsty drivel.
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