On his Grand Tour of Europe in 1764-1765, Boswell visited and befriended the famous philosophers Jean-Jacques Rosseau and François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), and back in Edinburgh he was a personal friend of David Hume.
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James Boswell mentioned thousands of people in his extensive journals and other writings. Read about an ever increasing number of those people, and about their relationship with Boswell, in our biographies section.
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In our literature section you can read about the numerous books published by Boswell in his own lifetime, and about more than 40 other books about or related to Boswell published since his death in 1795.
Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern, Queen of Prussia
Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern
Born Nov 08, 1715 in WolfenbüttelDied Jan 13, 1797 at Schönhausen Palace
Alias:
Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Biography:
Daughter of Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Married (1733) to Frederick II 'the great' of Prussia.
Following Frederick's rise to the throne in 1740 the two virtually never saw each other, and in later years Frederick would live at castle Sans Souci in Potsdam, while Elizabeth would stay in Schönhausen Palace in Berlin.
Life with Boswell:
Boswell was presented to the Queen at Monbijou Castle in Berlin on July 15, 1764.
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