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Paul Shannon (not verified) Sun, 09/29/2019 - 23:14

How come James Boswell Jr died in the same year as his brother, Alexander (killed in a duel)? Sounds too much of a coincidence.

Paul Shannon (not verified) Sun, 09/29/2019 - 23:19

In reply to by Paul Shannon (not verified)

From Wikipedia:

James Boswell (1778-1822) died suddenly at his chambers in the Temple, unmarried and apparently in embarrassed circumstances, on 24 February 1822, a few weeks before the death, in a duel, of his brother Sir Alexander, who in a poetical tribute to his memory said of him that he had "never lost one friend or found one foe"