From 1777 to 1783 James Boswell was a columnist for the London Magazine, writing a total of seventy essays under the pseudonym the Hypochondriack.
Commemorative stone unveiled on Boswell's 271th birthday
Submitted by thf1977 on Oct 31, 2011
On October 29, 2011, on the 271th anniversary of James Boswell's birth, a memorial stone in his honour was revealed at Makars' Court in Edinburgh .
The stone, which is sponsored by the Boswell Museum and Mausoleum Trust, bears an inscription from the first entry in Boswell's famous Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
I rattled down the High Street in high elevation of spirits.
[from Journal, 15 November 1762]
Read more about it on the homepage of the City of Edinburgh Council.
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