U.S. President Candidate Profile

James Boswell

NonpartisanU.S. PresidentNational

Public Research Summary

James Boswell is a Nonpartisan candidate for U.S. President in the 2024 election cycle.

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OppIntell has 46 public claims associated with this profile, including 46 valid citations and 46 primary-source references.

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James Boswell podcast appearance on plainreading: Plain Reading — https://plainreading.libsyn.com/autobiography-and-the-shape-of-the-self-zach-simpson

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James Boswell podcast appearance on podcasts: Script Ramble - Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/script-ramble/id1533948972

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James Boswell media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqrPy2SP0D0

Source: youtube.com retrieved May 16, 2026

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James Boswell media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPGcT_LG-R4

Source: youtube.com retrieved May 16, 2026

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Background

[Grokipedia: Lead] James Boswell (29 October 1740 – 19 May 1795) was a Scottish lawyer, diarist, and author renowned for his biography The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), widely regarded as a foundational work in the genre due to its detailed incorporation of conversations, personal observations, a…

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[Grokipedia: Later Years and Legacy] Inheritance as Laird and Final Years Upon the death of his father, Alexander Boswell, the eighth laird, in 1782, James Boswell succeeded as the ninth laird of the Auchinleck estate in Ayrshire, Scotland.[91][92] The property encompassed Auchinleck House, a neoclassical structure…

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[Grokipedia: Key Positions and Beliefs] Views on Slavery and the Slave Trade James Boswell diverged from his close associate Samuel Johnson on the issue of slavery, viewing Johnson's vehement opposition as misguided enthusiasm lacking practical insight. In The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Boswell recorded that Johns…

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[Grokipedia: Personal Traits and Struggles] Marriage, Family, and Relationships Boswell married his first cousin Margaret Montgomerie on 25 November 1769 at Lainshaw Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland.[59] Born around 1738, Margaret was the daughter of David Montgomerie, seventh laird of Lainshaw, and Veronica Boswell, sister o…

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[Grokipedia: Literary Output] The Life of Samuel Johnson Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a comprehensive biography that chronicles the English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson's life from his birth on September 18, 1709, in Lichfield to his death on December 13, 1784, in London. Drawing…

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[Grokipedia: Professional and Social Life in Britain] Legal Career and Edinburgh Practice Boswell resumed his studies in Scots law upon returning to Edinburgh in February 1766 following his continental travels. He passed the requisite examinations that July and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates on 26 July 1766, commencing hi…

Source: grokipedia.com retrieved May 16, 2026

Media

James Boswell podcast appearance on podcasts: Script Ramble - Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/script-ramble/id1533948972

Source: api.firecrawl.dev retrieved May 16, 2026

James Boswell podcast appearance on plainreading: Plain Reading — https://plainreading.libsyn.com/autobiography-and-the-shape-of-the-self-zach-simpson

Source: api.firecrawl.dev retrieved May 16, 2026

James Boswell media appearance on YouTube: 0:29James Boswell associate professor of psychology at the University at Albany and director of the research labs psychotherapy and ... — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBCmUnCsPEE

Source: youtube.com retrieved May 16, 2026

James Boswell media appearance on YouTube: **Introduction** — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvfXDGdLgVc

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James Boswell media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou2JwICgbfg

Source: youtube.com retrieved May 16, 2026

James Boswell media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED9BpK6i9Rg

Source: youtube.com retrieved May 16, 2026

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