When is National Biographer’s Day?
Tuesday May 16thEach 16th of May National Biographer's Day commemorates Samuel Johnson's first meeting with his biographer James Boswell in London, England, on May 16, 1763. Dr. Johnson, a well-known playwright, poet, moralist, essayist, literary critic, editor, and lexicographer.
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Johnson was also a biographer.
According to Johnson, the best biographers were those who ate, drank, and "lived in social intercourse" with those about whom they wrote. If that were true, his best biography would be An Account of Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers, which was published in 1744.
James Boswell, a Scot, met his friend Samuel Johnson at a bookshop near Covent Garden, using the same rule. The Life of Johnson, the most celebrated English biography, is published nearly 30 years after its release.
