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James Boswell

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Why he might be annoying:

    He was a failed lawyer.
    He married his cousin.
    He was addicted to liquor, gambling and sex.
    He got gonorrhea 17 times in 30 years.
    He died of his combined venereal diseases.
    He followed Samuel Johnson everywhere, constantly sucking up to him.
    His name is now synonymous with ‘sidekick.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father beat him.
    Two of his sons died as babies.
    He was a gifted writer.
    One critic called his ‘Life of Johnson’ ‘perhaps the greatest biography in the English language.’

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 64 Votes: 54.69% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 105 Votes: 63.81% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 126 Votes: 56.35% Annoying