Conversation so far:
Did Pepys have a wife?
Pepys married fourteen-year-old Elisabeth de St Michel
Does Samuel Pepys have any children?
He had no children
What did Samuel Pepys do in his personal life?
He liked wine, plays, and the company of other people
Was Samuel Pepys a business man?

Question: What was he also?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Samuel Pepys also?