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	{{Template}}'''Samuel Pepys''', ([[23 February]] [[1633]] – [[26 May]] [[1703]]) was an [[English people|English]] naval administrator and [[Member of Parliament]], who is now most famous for his [[diary]].		{{Template}}'''Samuel Pepys''', ([[23 February]] [[1633]] – [[26 May]] [[1703]]) was an [[English people|English]] naval administrator and [[Member of Parliament]], who is now most famous for his [[diary]].
-	The detailed [[private]] diary that he kept during [[1660]]–[[1669]] was first published in the [[nineteenth century]], and is one of the most important [[primary source]]s for the [[English Restoration]] period. It provides a fascinating combination of personal revelation and [[eyewitness]] accounts of great events, such as the [[Great Plague of London]], the [[Second Dutch War]] and the [[Great Fire of London]].	+	The detailed [[private]] diary that he kept during [[1660]]–[[1669]] was first published in the [[nineteenth century]], and is one of the most important [[primary source]]s for the [[English Restoration]] period. It provides a [[fascinating]] combination of personal revelation and [[eyewitness]] accounts of great events, such as the [[Great Plague of London]], the [[Second Dutch War]] and the [[Great Fire of London]].
	His surname is usually pronounced the same as the English word ''peeps'').		His surname is usually pronounced the same as the English word ''peeps'').

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Samuel Pepys, (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary.

The detailed private diary that he kept during 1660–1669 was first published in the nineteenth century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a fascinating combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.

His surname is usually pronounced the same as the English word peeps).

[1] [Apr 2007]

L'École des filles

In 1668 Samuel Pepys picked up a copy of an early erotic novel L'École des filles. Having read it and pleasured himself, he threw the "idle roguish book" on the fire. [2] [Jan 2005]