James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck, was a Scottish biographer and diarist, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure ... Wikipedia Born : October 29, 1740, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Died : May 19, 1795, London, United Kingdom Spouse : Margaret Montgomerie (m. 1769–1789) Nationality : Scottish, British Quotes I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends. A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. James Boswell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on this day in 1740. “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” ―from THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON (1791) The most celebrated English biography is a group portrait in which extraor