What is Samuel Pepys?
{{Infobox Person | name = Samuel Pepys | image = Samuel Pepys.jpg | image_size = 190px | caption = Portrait of Samuel Pepys by J. Hayls.<br>Oil on canvas, 1666. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1633|2|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1703|5|26|1633|2|23|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Clapham]], [[Surrey]], England | death_cause = | resting_place = [[St Olave's]], London | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = [[Diary]] | education = | employer = | title = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Elisabeth Marchant de St Michel | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} [[File:Great fire of london map.png|thumb|right|250px|Map of London after the [[Great Fire of London|Great Fire]] in 1666, showing Pepys's home]] [[File:Old.St.Pauls.Ruins.1666.png|thumb|right|250px|The ruins of the old [[St Paul's Cathedral]]]] '''Samuel Pepys''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PRS}} ({{IPAc-en|p|iː|p|s}} {{respell|PEEPS}};<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pepys.info/faq.html |title=Samuel Pepys FAQ |access-date=28 May 2017 |archive-date=22 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522060206/http://www.pepys.info/faq.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an [[English people|English]] administrator at the [[Admiralty]] and [[Member of Parliament]]. He is famous for his [[diary]]. Pepys rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], and later under [[James II of England|James II]]. Although Pepys had no [[wikt:maritime|maritime]] experience, he rose by [[patronage]], hard work and his talent for [[administration]]. The detailed private diary that he kept from 1660–1669 was first published in