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James Boswell blue plaque
James Boswell · Biographer of Samuel Johnson
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“James Boswell (1740-1795) biographer lived and died in a house on this site”
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1740-95
Life dates
122 Great Portland Street, Westminster, W1
W1W
Erected 1936
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, London County Council
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