Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) stands as one of the most insightful chroniclers of 17th-century England with his work 'Diary of Samuel Pepys'. Born in London, Pepys was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. His diary, which he kept from 1660 to 1669, is a vivid first-person account of pivotal historical events, including the Great Plague of 1665, the Second Dutch War, and the Gr...