PEPYS, SAMUEL

born Feb. 23, 1633, London, Eng. died May 26, 1703, London Pepys, oil painting by John Hayls, 1666; in the National Portrait Gallery, London English diarist and naval administrator, celebrated for his Diary (first published in 1825), which gives a fascinating picture of the official and upper-class life of Restoration London from Jan. 1, 1660, to May 31, 1669. Additional reading Biographical and critical studies include Henry B. Wheatley, Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived In, 3rd ed. (1889, reprinted 1975); Percy Lubbock, Samuel Pepys (1909, reprinted 1977); J.R. Tanner, Samuel Pepys and the Royal Navy (1920, reprinted 1977), and Mr. Pepys: An Introduction to the Diary Together with a Sketch of His Later Life (1924, reprinted 1971); Arthur Bryant, Samuel Pepys, new ed., 3 vol. (1947-49); Cecil S. Emden, Pepys Himself (1963, reprinted 1980); James Sutherland, English Literature of the Late Seventeenth Century (1969); Richard W. Barber, Samuel Pepys, Esquire (1970); Geoffrey Trease, Samuel Pepys and His World (1972); Richard Ollard, Pepys (1974, reissued 1984); and Ivan E. Taylor, Samuel Pepys, updated ed. (1989).