John Evelyn

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John Evelyn was a 17th-century English writer, diarist, and gardener best known for his detailed journals documenting the social, political, and cultural life of Restoration England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English gentleman
diarist
gardener
human
associatedWith Charles II of England NERFINISHED
Royal Society NERFINISHED
Samuel Pepys NERFINISHED
birthDate 1620-10-31
birthPlace Wotton, Surrey, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace St John the Baptist Church, Wotton, Surrey, England NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1706-02-27
deathPlace Dover Street, London, England NERFINISHED
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Middle Temple NERFINISHED
familyName Evelyn NERFINISHED
father Richard Evelyn NERFINISHED
fullName John Evelyn NERFINISHED
genre diary
horticultural writing
political writing
givenName John NERFINISHED
knownFor detailed diary of 17th-century English life
gardening and landscape design
writings on forestry and environmental concerns
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
mother Eleanor Stansfield NERFINISHED
movement Restoration England NERFINISHED
notableWork Diary
Fumifugium NERFINISHED
Kalendarium Hortense NERFINISHED
Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber NERFINISHED
occupation civil servant
diarist
gardener
writer
positionHeld Commissioner for the Privy Seal NERFINISHED
Commissioner for the Royal Navy NERFINISHED
Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism NERFINISHED
residence Sayes Court, Deptford, England NERFINISHED
sibling George Evelyn NERFINISHED
spouse Mary Browne NERFINISHED
wroteAbout Great Fire of London NERFINISHED
Great Plague of London NERFINISHED
Restoration court life NERFINISHED
air pollution in London

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