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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, and Thomas Davies blue plaque
James Boswell · Biographer of Samuel Johnson
Inscription
“In this house occupied by Thomas Davies bookseller Dr. Samuel Johnson first met James Boswell in 1763”
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1740-95
Life dates
8 Russell Street, WC2
WC2B
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, Greater London Council
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James Boswell
biographer of Samuel Johnson and friend of Samuel Johnson · (1740-1795)
Samuel Johnson
friend of Topham Beauclerk, founder of The Club, friend of James Boswell, writer, Doctor (unknown type), and Doctor (unknown type) · (1709-1784)
Thomas Davies
bookseller · (d.1785)
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