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Alfred Bestall (1892–1986), English illustrator, best known for Rupert Bear stories; Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852), English poet, woman of letters and miniature portrait painter. Ethel Bilbrough (1868–1951), English First World War diarist and artist; Maine de Biran (1766–1824), French writer, philosopher and mathematician
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James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (/ ˈ b ɒ z w ɛ l,-w əl /; 29 October 1740 [1] – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh.He is best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, Life of Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language.
Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) is the earliest diarist who is well known today; his diaries, preserved in Magdalene College, Cambridge, were first transcribed and published in 1825. Pepys was amongst the first who took the diary beyond mere business transaction notation, into the realm of the personal.
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Anne Frank -- the legendary diarist who wrote about her experiences hiding from the Nazis during World War II -- was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. On her 13th birthday, Frank's ...
John Evelyn FRS (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. [1]
This is a list of fictional diaries categorized by type, including fictional works in diary form, diaries appearing in fictional works, and hoax diaries. The first category, fictional works in diary form, lists fictional works where the story, or a major part of the story, is told in the form of a character's diary. [ 1 ]