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15 de mai. de 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 .
- Scottish Lawyer and Laird
James Boswell - Scottish Lawyer, Laird, Biographer: Back in...
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James Boswell - Biographer, Diarist, Writer: For long it was...
- Scottish Lawyer and Laird
Há 22 horas · On 16 May 1763, Johnson first met 22-year-old James Boswell—who would later become Johnson's first major biographer—in the bookshop of Johnson's friend, Tom Davies. They quickly became friends, although Boswell would return to his home in Scotland or travel abroad for months at a time.
28 de mai. de 2024 · Scottish literary papers in the Laing Collection, including manuscripts by Robert Burns, Joanna Baillie, Hugh Blair, James Boswell, Thomas Carlyle, Alison Cockburn, and Henry Cockburn.
14 de mai. de 2024 · His friend, James Boswell, the Scottish lawyer and writer, is now best known as Johnson's biographer. It was Boswell who encouraged his friend to leave his home in London to explore Scotland with him, and on 14th August 1773, Boswell met the newly arrived Johnson in Edinburgh.
25 de mai. de 2024 · James Boswell’s Journal Entry Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Boswell Collection. ‘Journal and Notes for Journal in London, 16, 26, 31 March; 1–6, 8–21, 24–26 April 1779’ (J 64), pp. 19–201
25 de mai. de 2024 · James Boswell’s Journal Entry. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Boswell Collection. ‘Journal of my Jaunt to London’ (J 24) 1772 March–April, p. 1212. from The Correspondence. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2024. John Cleland. Edited with Introduction and Notes by. Peter Sabor , Richard Terry and. Helen Williams.
28 de mai. de 2024 · The Laing Collection (Coll-1) includes a wide range of Scottish literary manuscripts dating from the 16th to the 19th century. The manuscript collection assembled by the great antiquarian David Laing (1793-1878) is Edinburgh University Library's largest and most important archival collection.
