James Boswell
James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 (
N.S.) – 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 language. A great mass of Boswell's diaries, letters, and private papers were recovered from the 1920s to the 1950s, and their ongoing publication by
Yale University has transformed his reputation.
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