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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 .
May 16, 2013 · A meeting 250 years ago led to Scottish author James Boswell completely re-inventing how biography is written.
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.
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.
James Boswell (1740-1795) sprang from an ancient Ayrshire family, becoming biographer to Dr Samuel Johnson, and inventor of the art of the modern biography.
Though impressed by Adam Smith's lectures in rhetoric and belles-lettres and by Smith's social manner, Boswell grew despondent in college life and, on 1 March 1760, fled from the university to London, with a vague plan of becoming a Catholic priest or monk.
Jun 8, 2018 · The Scottish biographer and diarist James Boswell (1740-1795), who wrote The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., published in 1791, ranks as the greatest biographer in the history of Western literature. His private papers also reveal "Bozzie" as a most distinguished diarist.
Lawyer, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson. James Boswell, ninth laird of Auchinleck, is best remembered for his biography 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' published in 1791.
Discover James Boswell’s life and family along with the life of people of the Auchinleck Estate in the 18th century with our gravestone spotter's guide.
