James Boswell

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Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)

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Count Andrei Shuvalov, chamberlain to Catherine, knew the diarist James Boswell well, and Boswell reports that Shuvalov shared private information regarding the monarch's intimate affairs. Source: Internet

Diarist and biographer James Boswell saw Hume a few weeks before his death, which was from some form of abdominal cancer. Source: Internet

In 1791 James Boswell dedicated his Life of Samuel Johnson to Reynolds. Source: Internet

Slight, he was about 5'6" with dark brown curls, a florid complexion and features which James Boswell thought were "rather too largely and strongly limned." Source: Internet

James Boswell intended his biography of Dr Johnson,… Source: Internet

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