
The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
People [PERS ID:470]
Field | Data |
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ID | 470 |
Title | Mr |
First Name | James |
Middle Name/Initial(s) | |
Last Name | Boswell |
Maiden Name | |
AKA | |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Lawyer, Writer, Diarist and Biographer of Samuel Johnson |
Medical Professional? | Non Medical Professional |
Birth/Death
Birth/Death | |
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Birth (year) | 1740 |
Date of death (year) | 1795 |
Notes
James Boswell, the famous friend and biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson, and the subject of several modern biographies. His letters and literary papers, a major literary discovery of the twentieth century, are held at Yale University which has a centre for Boswell studies. |
Cases that this person appears in:
Count | Case ID | Case Name |
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1 | Case 1686 | Case of Dr Samuel Johnson who has asthma and dropsy. |