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    John Evelyn FRS (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best...
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  • Evelyn is a given name, very common in the English language, where it can be used as a first name or a surname. The name originally was used as a surname...
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  • The Diary of John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706), a gentlemanly Royalist and virtuoso of the seventeenth century, was first published in...
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    Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (/ˈiːvlɪn ˈsɪndʒən ˈwɔː/; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books;...
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  • John Evelyn (1620–1706) was an English writer. John Evelyn is also the name of: John Evelyn (1591–1664), English politician, MP for Bletchingley John...
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    John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington, PC (27 January 1800 – 7 March 1873) was a British statesman who served as Speaker of the House of Commons...
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  • Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh, KCMG (born 18 March 1877 in Eton, died 8 February 1953 in London), was a British colonial administrator. Shuckburgh was the...
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  • John Evelyn the younger (1655–1699) was an English translator. Evelyn was the third but eldest surviving son of John Evelyn, born 19 January 1655. On...
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    "pergola" Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S., 22 February 1645. Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S, 20 July 1654. "Centennial Hall...
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    largest in the Western world, estimated at 300,000 to 400,000 inhabitants. John Evelyn, contrasting London to the Baroque magnificence of Paris in 1659, called...
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