Alexander Boswell

Alexander Boswell may refer to:

  • Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck (1706-1782), 8th Laird of Auchinleck, Scottish judge
  • Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet, 10th Laird of Auchinleck, writer of traditional Scottish songs
  • Alexander Boswell (songwriter)
  • Alexander Boswell (British Army officer)

Famous quotes containing the words alexander and/or boswell:

    “I shall not cease to bless because
    I lay about me with the taws
    That night and morning I may thrash
    Greek Alexander from my flesh,
    Augustus Caesar, and after these
    That great rogue Alcibiades.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “[I] delivered the Introduction of it to Baldwin, that I might say my book was at if not in the press on New Year’s Day.”
    —James Boswell (1740–1795)