This paper examines the diary of Charles Blagden, physician and secretary of the Royal Society between 1784 and 1797. It argues that the form and content of Blagden's diary developed in response to manuscript genres from a variety of contexts, including the medical training that Blagden undertook at the start of his career, the genre of the commonplace book, and contemporary travel narratives. Blagden was interested in the workings of memory and in the association of ideas. This paper reveals the diary's nature as an aid to memory and an information management tool. It argues that the diary assisted Blagden's attempts to secure the patronage of key figures in the eighteenth-century scientific world, including Joseph Banks, the Royal Society and a London-based network of aristocratic women. In exploring the development of the diary, the paper uncovers the role of a material object in aiding the management of patronage relationships central to the career of a significant but little-studied secretary of the Royal Society.

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查尔斯·布拉格登（Charles Blagden）的日记：18世纪的信息管理和英国科学。

本文研究了1784年至1797年英国皇家医师协会医师兼秘书查尔斯·布拉格登（Charles Blagden）的日记。该书认为，布拉格登日记的形式和内容是根据各种背景下的手稿体裁而发展的，其中包括布拉格登进行的医学培训在他职业生涯的初期，平凡的书体裁，以及现代的旅行叙事。布拉登对记忆的运作和思想的结合很感兴趣。本文揭示了日记的本质，它可以帮助您进行记忆和信息管理。它认为，日记有助于布拉登（Blagden）试图确保18世纪科学界关键人物的支持，包括约瑟夫·班克斯（Joseph Banks），皇家学会和伦敦的贵族妇女网络。在探索日记的发展过程中，