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John Evelyn
writer, gardener and diarist (1620-1706)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 31 October 1620, 1620
- Died
- 27 February 1706, 1706
- Place of birth
- Wotton
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Evelyn
- Father
- Richard Evelyn
- Mother
- Eleanor Stansfield
- Spouse
- Mary Evelyn
- Child
- Mary Evelyn, Susanna Evelyn, Richard Evelyn, John S. Evelyn, John Evelyn le Jeune, George Evelyn, Richard Evelyn, Elizabeth Evelyn
- Sibling
- Elizabeth Evelyn, George Evelyn, Jane Evelyn
- Occupation
- horticulturist, gardener, diarist, writer, art historian, garden designer, architect, landscape architect
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- artist files at
- Frick Art Research Library
- depicted by
- John Evelyn (1620–1706)
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, BEIC Digital Library, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Men of Kent and Kentishmen, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- educated at
- Balliol College, Lewes Old Grammar School
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Yale Center for British Art
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English, Ancient Greek
- member of
- Royal Society
- name in native language
- John Evelyn
- owner of
- John Evelyn's cabinet
- writing language
- English
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