For most of his adult life Boswell was better known for his "Account of Corsica", which lead to the sobriquet Corsica Boswell, than for his friendship with Dr. Johnson.
Isabella Schaw
Isabella Schaw
Born ca. 1740Alias:
Isabella Thomson
Biography:
Daughter of Dr. David Thomson, a physician at Edinburgh. Married (November 28, 1762 in Edinburgh) to Capt. Frederik Bridges Schaw.1 According to Boswell, she was "[a] woman of a good deal of knowledge, pretty good sense, much vivacity, and a aprodigious flow of words".2
- 1. Scots Magazine, December 1762
- 2. Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763, entry: March 15, 1763
Life with Boswell:
Boswell had apparently been in love with her at some time in 1762 (probably in Edinburgh). He met her again in London on March 15, 1763, and they had tea together on March 20, 1763. Later on, in Edinburgh in the 1770s, Boswell and the Schaws seems to have moved in the same circles and they met occasionally.
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