Samuel Pepys died today – 304 years ago

Samuel Pepys, and English writer, was born on February 23, 1633 in London, England. According to Wikipedia, “His surname is usually pronounced /piːps/ (the same as the English word peeps) although at the time it could have been pronounced either ‘peeps’, ‘peps’, or ‘peppis’.” Well, I guess that settles that dispute... He was famous for his diaries. He died on May 26, 1703 outside of London, England. He didn’t enter that into his diaries.

P.S. U.S. physician Charles Horace Mayo, born on July 19, 1865, died in 1939. With his father and brother, he started what today is known as the Mayo Clinic. According to www.born-today.com, he said, "Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt." There’s a lot of truth there... German philosopher Martin Heidegger, born on September 29, 1889, died in 1976. According to http://thinkexist.com, he said, "Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one." This may apply to women, too. He also said, “Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.” This may apply to women, too.