James Boswell, Scottish biographer (born 1740)

James Boswell

Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck, 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…