KnowraSamuel PepysLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Samuel Pepys, each with the reason it gives.All 7Related 6Compared with 1Isaac NewtonRelated: As Royal Society president, Pepys authorized publication of Newton’s Principia.Charles II of EnglandRelated: His firsthand account captures London life under Charles, including plague and fire.Great Fire of LondonRelated: His diary describes the fire’s spread and contemporary attempts to respond.Punch and JudyRelated: His diary records seeing an Italian puppet show featuring Punch in 1662.Madame de SévignéCompared with: His contemporaneous diary offers a different national and personal record of seventeenth-century life.KnotRelated: His 1667 diary records an early description of measuring ship speed with a log line.Barbara PalmerRelated: His diary preserves contemporary reactions to Palmer’s conspicuous presence and reputation.