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George Douglas
Born 1753 

Son of Andrew Douglas and his wife Mary. From ca. 1762 he attended the Westminster School. He attended Oxford from 1772 until 1779 when he received his M.A.1

Boswell knew George though his father, Boswell's friend and doctor in London during his 1762-63 stay in that city, Andrew Douglas.

  • 1Info from Barker, G. F. Russell and Alan H. Stenning, comp. The Record of Old Westminsters. Volumes I-II. London: Chiswick Press, 1928
Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763

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