# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-boswell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:13:14.431Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-boswell"
name: "James Boswell"
slug: "james-boswell"
description: "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 language. A great mass of Boswell's diaries, letters, and private papers were recovered from the 1920s to the 1950s, and their publication by Yale University significantly elevated his standing among modern scholars."
tagline: "Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)"
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  isoCode: "GB"
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birthDate: "1740-10-29"
deathDate: "1795-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump