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James Boswell

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Novelist
Died
May 19, 1795
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
Scotland
About
Scottish author whose 1791 work, Life of Samuel Johnson, was lauded by critic Harold Bloom as the greatest English-language biography ever written. Boswell's other works include The Cub at Newmarket (1762) and Account of Corsica (1768).
Family
His father was Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, a judge. James Boswell married Margaret Montgomerie and fathered seven children (two from extramarital affairs).

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