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The Samuel Pepys Club is a London club founded in 1903 to do honour to the memory of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the ''Diary'' he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. ==Origin== On 26 May 1903, at the Garrick Club in London, a group of four men interested at various degrees in Samuel Pepys met together over dinner to celebrate the exact bicentenary of the death of the diarist. They were: * Sir Frederick Bridge, organist of Westminster Abbey and author of ''Samuel Pepys, Lover of Musique'' published the same year;〔Sir Frederick Bridge, 1903. ''Samuel Pepys, Lover of Musique''. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 126 p. (Link to www.archive.org ).〕 * Sir D'Arcy Power, surgeon and medical writer, author of ''The Medical History of Mr and Mrs Samuel Pepys'' published in 1895 in ''The Lancet'';〔Sir D'Arcy Power's paper on Pepys's health was first read before the Abernethian Society on 6 March 1895, and published by ''The Lancet'' on 1 June 1895. It was later included in ''Occasional Papers Read by Members of the Samuel Pepys Club'', vol. I, 1917, p. 78-93. (Link to www.archive.org ).〕 * George Whale, solicitor and bibliophile;〔George Whale (1849–1925) also served as Mayor of Woolwich. According to his wife Winifred, "by the time he was 23, his library numbered 1,000 volumes; at the time of his death, 60,000". But nobody knows where the library went. (John Creedy, 2011. ''John and Ursula Hicks'', Res. Paper Nb 1123, Dept of Economics, The University of Melbourne. 22 p., p 8. (Link to PDF ).)〕 * Henry B. Wheatley, indexer and editor of the third edition of the ''Diary'' published between 1894 and 1899. They resolved to found a club to honour the memory of Pepys, "to dine annually and to hold meetings at which they would hear readings from the ''Diary'', listen to music of his era, and give and listen to papers on various aspects of his life".〔(The Samuel Pepys Club official website ).〕 The response of admirers of Pepys was enthusiastic, and the first dinner was held on 1 December 1903 at Clothworkers' Hall, in memory of Pepys's Mastership (1677-8). They listened to music arranged by Sir Frederick Bridge, consisting of songs and of instrumental music on the flageolet, recorder, and trumpet marine. One of the quotations read from the ''Diary'' was thoroughly appropriate to this opening meeting of the Club: "To Clothworkers' Hall to dinner. Our entertainment very good, a brave hall, good company, and very good music." (''Diary'', 28 June 1660).〔''Occasional Papers Read by Members of the Samuel Pepys Club'', vol. I, p. 1. (Link to www.archive.org ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Pepys Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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