Boswell
James, 1740–95, Scottish author: biographer of Samuel Johnson.
any devoted biographer of a specific person.
Contemporary Examples
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Historical Examples
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2) John Hill Burton
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 George Saintsbury
The Story of My Life Egerton Ryerson
Baseball Joe in the Big League Lester Chadwick
James Boswell William Keith Leask
noun
James. 1740–95, Scottish author and lawyer, noted particularly for his Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
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