James Boswell

James Boswell of Auchinleck
James Boswell of Auchinleck
	Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1785
Born	29 October 1740 (N.S.); Edinburgh, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died	19 May 1795 (aged 54); London, England
Occupation	Lawyer, diarist, biographer
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow; Utrecht University;
Notable works	Life of Johnson
Spouse	Margaret Montgomerie (m. 1769; died 1789)
Children	Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet; James Boswell; Veronica Boswell; Euphemia Boswell; Elizabeth Boswell; Charles Boswell (extramarital); Sally (extramarital);

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (/ˈbɒzwɛl, -wəl/; 29 October 1740 (N.S.)^[1] – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography the English writer Samuel Johnson, Life of Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language.^[2]^[3] A great mass of Boswell's diaries, letters, and private papers were recovered from the 1920s to the 1950s, and their ongoing publication by Yale University has transformed his reputation.

^ ^a ^b Here "N.S." (New Style) means the date is given in the Gregorian calendar, for consistency with the remainder of the article, even though Scotland used the Julian calendar until 1752.
^ Root, Douglas (2014). "Two 'Most Un-Clubbable Men': Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin, and Their Social Circles". In Baird, Ileana (ed.). Social Networks in the Long Eighteenth Century: Clubs, Literary Salons, Textual Coteries. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. p. 256. ISBN 978-1443866781. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ Rollyson, Carl, ed. (2005). British Biography: A Reader. New York: iUniverse. p. 77. ISBN 0595364098. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[cal-1] Here "N.S." (New Style) means the date is given in the Gregorian calendar, for consistency with the remainder of the article, even though Scotland used the Julian calendar until 1752.

[2] Root, Douglas (2014). "Two 'Most Un-Clubbable Men': Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin, and Their Social Circles". In Baird, Ileana (ed.). Social Networks in the Long Eighteenth Century: Clubs, Literary Salons, Textual Coteries. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. p. 256. ISBN 978-1443866781. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[3] Rollyson, Carl, ed. (2005). British Biography: A Reader. New York: iUniverse. p. 77. ISBN 0595364098. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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James Boswell of Auchinleck
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1785
Born	(1740-10-29)29 October 1740 (N.S.)^[1] Edinburgh, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died	19 May 1795(1795-05-19) (aged 54) London, England
Occupation	Lawyer, diarist, biographer
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow Utrecht University
Notable works	Life of Johnson
Spouse	Margaret Montgomerie (m. 1769; died 1789)
Children	Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet James Boswell Veronica Boswell Euphemia Boswell Elizabeth Boswell Charles Boswell (extramarital) Sally (extramarital)