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Variants
- Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, Baron, 1875-1940
- Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940
- Elsfield, John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir of
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1875-08-26
Death Date
- 1940-02-11
Birth Place
- Perth (Scotland)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
Author
Politician
Governor General of Canada
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Sources
- found: His Witch wood, 1993:CIP t.p. (John Buchan)
- found: John Buchan, 1947:p. 89 (The Island of Sheep published anonymously by Cadmus and Harmonia)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed September 23, 2013(John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 -- 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan,_1st_Baron_Tweedsmuir
- found: John Buchan Society online, viewed September 23, 2013(John Buchan was born the son of a Calvinist presbyterian minister in eastern Scotland, and died Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada. He was a classicist at Oxford, read for the Bar but practiced only briefly before becoming a publisher, was a government administrator in South Africa at the end of the Boer War, was a major contributor to The Spectator and war correspondent for The Times. He was also a Member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities and was His Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, twice and Chancellor of Edinburgh University. was made a heritage peer on receiving the appointment of Governor-General of Canada in 1935. John Buchan is most famous for The Thirty-Nine Stepsand Greenmantle; born Perth, Scotland; died Montreal, Quebec) - http://www.johnbuchansociety.co.uk/theman.html
- found: Canadiana, July 23, 2024(heading: Buchan, John, 1875-1940; variants: Buchan, John; Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940; Elsfield, John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir of; Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, Baron)
LC Classification
- PR6003.U13
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Change Notes
- 1979-06-01: new
- 2024-07-24: revised
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