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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 the English writer Samuel Johnson , Life of Samuel Johnson , which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language.
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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 .
James Boswell, (born Oct. 29, 1740, Edinburgh, Scot.—died May 19, 1795, London, Eng.), Scottish friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson.
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...
Who Was James Boswell. Find out about his extraordinary life. Click Here. Discover the life of the art of modern biography's inventor James Boswell. Explore the resting place of Boswell and his family, his home, and The Boswell Quill.
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...
James Boswell - Scottish Lawyer, Laird, Biographer: Back in Scotland, Boswell was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates on July 26, 1766, and for 17 years practiced law at Edinburgh with complete regularity and a fair degree of assiduity. His cherished trips to London were by no means annual and until 1784 were always made during the vacations.
