"Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second."
— James Boswell

January 1, 1970

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People from EdinburghBiographers from the United KingdomDiaristsLawyers from ScotlandActivists from Scotland
Original Language: English

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, Review of Croker's Edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson in The Edinburgh Review (September 1831)