# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-alexander-boswell-1st-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:59:16.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-alexander-boswell-1st-baronet"
name: "Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet"
slug: "sir-alexander-boswell-1st-baronet"
description: "Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish poet, antiquary and songwriter. The son of Samuel Johnson's friend and biographer James Boswell of Auchinleck, he used the funds from his inheritance to pay for a seat in Parliament and then successfully sought a baronetcy for his political support of the government. However, his finances subsequently collapsed and he was revealed as the author of violent attacks on a rival. Boswell died as a result of wounds received in a duel."
tagline: "British politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Auchinleck_House_Ayrshire_05.jpg/330px-Auchinleck_House_Ayrshire_05.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1775-10-09"
deathDate: "1822-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.216848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  56
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Boswell%2C_1st_Baronet"
    title: "Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4419133"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7525920"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations