Boswell

Boswell
I. noun Etymology: James Boswell Date: 1858 a person who records in detail the life of a usually famous contemporary • Boswellian adjectiveBoswellize verb II. biographical name James 1740-1795 Scottish biographer & diarist

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  • Boswell — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Boswell (Arkansas) Boswell (Indiana) Boswell (North Carolina) Boswell (Oklahoma) Boswell (Pennsylvania) Boswell Corners (New York) Boswell ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Arthur… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Boswell — may refer to:In places: * Boswell, Indiana, US * Boswell, Oklahoma, US * Boswell, Pennsylvania, US * Boswell, British Columbia, a rural community on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, Canada * Boswell, British Columbia (Central Coast), a former… …   Wikipedia

  • Boswell — Boswell, OK U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 703 Housing Units (2000): 377 Land area (2000): 0.686245 sq. miles (1.777367 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.010697 sq. miles (0.027706 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.696942 sq. miles (1.805073 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Boswell's, St. —    BOSWELL S, ST., a parish, situated in the district of Melrose, county of Roxburgh, 4 miles (S. E.) from Melrose; containing, with the village of Lessudden, 747 inhabitants. This place derives its name from its church, which is supposed to have …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Boswell, IN — U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 827 Housing Units (2000): 361 Land area (2000): 0.474389 sq. miles (1.228662 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.474389 sq. miles (1.228662 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Boswell, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 703 Housing Units (2000): 377 Land area (2000): 0.686245 sq. miles (1.777367 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.010697 sq. miles (0.027706 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.696942 sq. miles (1.805073 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Boswell, PA — U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 1364 Housing Units (2000): 681 Land area (2000): 0.736424 sq. miles (1.907329 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.736424 sq. miles (1.907329 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Boswell —   [ bɔswəl], James, schottischer Schriftsteller, * Edinburgh 29. 10. 1740, ✝ London 19. 5. 1795; bereiste 1764 66 den Kontinent, wo er u. a. Voltaire und Rousseau begegnete; war dann Rechtsanwalt in Edinburgh (bis 1783); begleitete 1773 Samuel… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Boswell — (spr. Baß nell), 1) James, geb. 1740 in Edinburg; studirte in Glasgow u. in Holland, durchreiste 1764 Europa u. st. als Advocat 1795 in London; er schr.: Account of Corsica, Glasg. 1768, 3. A., Lond. 1769 (deutsch Lpz. 1769); Journal of a tour to …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Boswell — Boswell, 1) James, engl. Schriftsteller, geb. 29. Okt. 1740 in Edinburg, gest. 19. Mai 1795 in London, war von seinem Vater, Richter am schottischen Obertribunal, für den Advokatenstand bestimmt, studierte anfangs in Edinburg und Glasgow, begab… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Boswell — Boswell, James, engl. Schriftsteller, geb. 29. Okt. 1740 zu Edinburgh, gest. 19. Mai 1795, Freund Samuel Johnsons, von dem er eine meisterhafte Biographie lieferte. – Vgl. Fitzgerald (1891). – Sein Sohn Sir Alexander B., geb. 1775, gest. 26. März …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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