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Pepys, Samuel (1633–1703), naval official and diarist
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23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703
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Samuel Pepys was admitted as a Sizar to Magdalene College in October 1650, and was subsequently a benefactor to the College. His most notable appointments to which he was appointed are as follows: Secretary to the Admiralty, 1673-1679, 1684-1689; MP for Castle Rising, 1673-1679, and Harwich 1679, 1685; Deputy Lieutenant for Huntingdonshire, 1685-1689; President of the Royal Society, 1684-1686. Pepys kept his celebrated diary ran from January 1660 to May 1669.
Arms in Hall glass, E2.
Further reading:
Latham, R. C. & Matthews, W. eds, The Diary (11 vols, 1970-1983)
Cunich, P., Hoyle, D., Duffy, E., Hyam, R., A History of Magdalene College Cambridge, 1428-1988 pp. 129-130
Article: ‘Pepys and Pascal’ College Magazine, vol. 86 (1955), pp. 5-8 (R. W. Ladborough)
Article: 'The Religion of Pepys' College Magazine, vol. 27 (1982-83) pp. 52-59 (E. Duffy and J. E. Stevens)
Article: 'Pepys and the Law', vol. 30 (1985-86) pp. (R. W. M. Dias)
Article: 'Pepys's Health Problems', vol. 42 (1997-98) pp. 40-45 (M. Keynes)
Among the biographies:
Ollard, R. Pepys: A Biography (1974)
Tomalin, C. Samuel Pepys: the Unequalled Self (2002)
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