John Evelyn 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. Born into a family whose wealth was largely founded on gunpowder production, John Evelyn was born in Wotton, Surrey and grew up in Lewes, Sussex. While living in Lewes, in Southover Grange, he was educated at Lewes
Samuel Pepys Club and academics. Honorary "ex-officio" members are: At the beginning of the 21st century, the Club founded the "Samuel Pepys Award", a biennal prize given for a book that "makes the greatest contribution to the understanding of Samuel Pepys, his times or his contemporaries in the interest of encouraging scholarship in this area." It was first presented in 2003 to mark the centenary of the Club and the tercentenary of Pepys's death. The first recipient was Claire Tomalin for her book "Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self". Samuel Pepys Club The Samuel Pepys Club is a London club founded in 1903 to