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James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (/ ˈ b ɒ z w ɛ l,-w əl /; 29 October 1740 – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson , Life of Samuel Johnson , which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English ...
May 15, 2024 · James Boswell (born October 18 [October 29, New Style], 1740, Edinburgh, Scotland—died May 19, 1795, London, England) was a friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson (Life of Johnson, 2 vol., 1791). The 20th-century publication of his journals proved him to be also one of the world’s greatest diarists .
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., generally regarded as the greatest of English biographies, written by James Boswell and published in two volumes in 1791. Boswell, a 22-year-old lawyer from Scotland, first met the 53-year-old Samuel Johnson in 1763, and they were friends for the 21 remaining.
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May 16, 2013 · The Boswell Book Festival takes place at Auchinleck House in Ayrshire from 17 to 19 May. A meeting 250 years ago led to Scottish author James Boswell completely re-inventing how biography is...
A short biography of James Boswell (1740-1795), author of the Life of Johnson, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, and the infamous Boswell's London Journal.
Learn about James Boswell, the Scottish writer and biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson, who invented modern biography and wrote candid diaries. Explore his life, works, family and connections to Ayrshire and Edinburgh.
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