John Evelyn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Evelyn

writer, gardener and diarist

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1620

Place of Birth: Wotton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1706

Profession: writer, gardener, horticulturist, diarist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

John Evelyn, FRS (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. 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.
Evelyn's posthumously "rival" diarist, Samuel Pepys, wrote a different kind of diary, covering a much shorter period, 1660–1669, but in much greater depth, within the same era.
Over the years, Evelyn's Diary has been overshadowed by Pepys's chronicles of 17th-century life.



Alternative names	Gottfried Kneller, Birth name: Gottfried Kniller
Description	German painter, draughtsman, engraver and miniaturist
Date of birth/death	8 August 1646	7 November 1723
Location of birth/death	Lübeck	London
Work period	between circa 1660 and circa 1723 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1723-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (circa 1660–1665), Rome, Venice (1672–1675), Nuremberg, Hamburg (1674–1676), London (1676–1723), France (1684–1685)
Authority control	: Q65317 VIAF: 74127041 ISNI: 0000 0000 8154 5352 ULAN: 500015875 LCCN: n82103048 NLA: 35216965 WorldCat