James Boswell
/ˌdʒeɪmz ˈbɒzwel/
/ˌdʒeɪmz ˈbɑːzwel/
- (1740-95) a Scottish writer. He is best known for his book about his famous friend Dr Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), and for his personal diaries, which were discovered in the 1920s.
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