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 his friend and older contemporary, the English writer Samuel Johnson , which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the ...
James Boswell, (born October 18 [October 29, New Style], 1740, Edinburgh, Scotland—died May 19, 1795, London, England), 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 .
James Boswell (1740-1795) - advocate, traveller, journalist, Scotsman and author of that most amazing book, the Life of Johnson. James Boswell as painted in 1765 by George Willison. Born on the 29th of October, 1740 in Edinburgh, James Boswell became known for his friendship with Dr Johnson, his Account of Corsica (1768) and in the last years ...
Jun 13, 2012 · A man famously indelicate in his choice of female companions was one James Boswell, best known as the biographer of Samuel Johnson. Born into a family of lowland Scots gentry in 1740, he was heir...
James Boswell, (born Oct. 29, 1740, Edinburgh, Scot.—died May 19, 1795, London, Eng.), Scottish friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson. Boswell, a lawyer, met Johnson in 1763 and visited him often (1772–84), making a superlatively detailed record in his journals of Johnson’s conversations.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Dr. 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 much-loved Scottish actor, known to many through his recent roles in Shetland, Fleabag, Guilt and Rebecca as well as through his narration of numerous TV and radio programmes including being the voice of BBC 1’s ‘The Repair Shop’ and the reading of his own classic childhood memoir Tales from the Back Green, will be reading excerpts from Jame...
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James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his... Wikipedia
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- May 19, 1795, London, England
- Margaret Boswell(m 1769 - 1789)
- Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet, James Boswell, Sally, Elizabeth Boswell, Euphemia Boswell, Veronica Boswell, Charles Boswell
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- University of Glasgow, Utrecht University, University of Edinburgh
- Life of Samuel Johnson, An Account of Corsica
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