Boswell may refer to:

Places

Canada

Boswell, British Columbia Boswell is an unincorporated community in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The former steamboat landing and temporary ferry terminal is adjacent to McGregor Creek on the east shore of the south arm of Kootenay Lake. Comp ...

, a rural community *

Boswell, British Columbia (Central Coast) Boswell was a List of canneries in British Columbia, cannery town in the British Columbia Coast, Central Coast region of the British Columbia Coast, South Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on the north side of Boswell Inlet, an arm of Smi ...

, a former cannery town * Mount Boswell, Alberta

England

* Boswell, a hamlet in

Elkington, Lincolnshire Elkington is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It comprises the village of South Elkington, and the hamlets of North Elkington, Boswell, and Thorpe, and is situated approximately north-west from the market to ...

United States

Boswell, Indiana Boswell is a town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 778 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The town of Boswell was first laid out by Charles ...

, a town *

Boswell, Oklahoma Boswell is a town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 709 at the 2010 census.Boswell, Pennsylvania Boswell is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,221 at the 2020 census. Geography Boswell is located at (40.160329, -79.027712), ...

, a borough * Boswell Bay, Alaska, a place in Alaska

People

* Boswell (surname) *

James Boswell James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 (New Style, N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary the Englis ...

(1740–1795), Scottish lawyer, diarist, author, and biographer of

Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford ...

Clan Boswell Clan Boswell is a Lowland Scottish clan and is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing ...

, a Lowland Scottish clan *

Boisil Saint Boisil (died 661) was a monk of Melrose Abbey, an offshoot of Lindisfarne, then in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, but now in Scotland, where he must have been one of the first generation of monks. He probably moved to the new foun ...

or Boswell (died 661), Christian saint and abbot *

Boswell Williams Boswell Bennie Williams (May 16, 1926 – July 20, 2014) was a Saint Lucian politician who represented the district of Vieux Fort in the legislature from 1974 to 1979. He was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II of Saint Lucia as governor-general o ...

(1926–2014), Saint Lucian politician *

Chris Boswell Christopher Lynn Boswell (born March 16, 1991) is an American football placekicker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Rice and was signed by the Houston Texans in 2014 as an undrafted ...

, placekicker for the

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...

Education

The Boswells School The Boswells School is an age 11–18, secondary school and college, The Boswells College, with academy status situated in the city of Chelmsford, Essex, England, offers secondary age education with qualifications up to General Certificates of ...

, a secondary school in Chelmsford, Essex, England *

Boswell High School Boswell High School is a public secondary school in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is part of the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Fine Arts Boswell High School has the ...

, Fort Worth, Texas, United States *

Boswell School The Boswell School, now the Boswell Baptist Church, is a historic school building in rural western Izard County, Arkansas. It is located in the hamlet of Boswell, at the end of County Road 196. It is a single-story fieldstone structure, with a ...

, Izard County, Arkansas, United States, a school building on the National Register of Historic Places

Other uses

Boswell Observatory Boswell Observatory is located at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. Built in 1883, it was primarily a time service observatory and student teaching observatory. The first telescope in the building was an Alvan Clark. The observatory is still ...

, at Doane College in Nebraska, US *

Boswells of Oxford Boswells of Oxford was the largest independent family-run department store in Oxford, England. The store closed in 2020. The store first traded in 1738, and was the second oldest family-owned department store in the world. It was initially found ...

, or simply Boswells, a department store in Oxford, England *

Boswell baronets The Boswell baronetcy, of Auchinleck in the County of Ayr was created for antiquary and songwriter Alexander Boswell in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 August 1821. The baronetcy became extinct upon the second holder's death in 1875 ...

, an extinct title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *

Boswell (horse) Boswell (1933 – 1949) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed promise when winning his final start as a two-year-old and was considered a contender for the following year's classic races. In 1936 he was slow to find his ...

, a Thoroughbred racehorse * ''Boswell: A Modern Comedy'', a novel by

Stanley Elkin Stanley Lawrence Elkin (May 11, 1930 – May 31, 1995) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. His extravagant, satirical fiction revolves around American consumerism, popular culture, and male-female relationships. Biograp ...