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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir ( 1875-08-26 – 1940-02-11 ) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and politician; he was Governor-General of Canada from 1935 to 1940. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Prester John (1910) 1.2 Space (1912) 1.3 The Power-House (1916)...


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Name: John Buchan
Variant Name: Sir John Buchan
Birth Date: August 26, 1875
Death Date: February 11, 1940
Nationality: British
Gender: Male

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Historian, biographer, historical novelist, and statesman, John Buchan found an enduring reputation in popular fiction. The "Buchan touch" is a term applied to fiction that shares his appeal: romantic yet not preposterous characters and a superb sense...
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Despite his achievements as historian, biographer, historical novelist, and statesman, it is for his thrillers that John Buchan has found an enduring reputation in popular letters. The "Buchan touch" is a name applied to fiction which shares his...
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Many contemporaries knew John Buchan, or Tweedsmuir, only as journalist and statesman. Some readers knew him as historian and biographer. But most readers in both England and America knew Buchan best for his fiction, as the writer of the exciting...


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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940), was a Scottish novelist, best known for his novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. if...


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Presbyterian Record
John Buchan: the Presbyterian cavalier.
02/01/1997: 1,070 words, approx. 4 pages
John Buchan: The Presbyterian Cavalier by Andrew Lownie (Constable, 1995). Reviewed by Heath Macquarrie. Canada has had 25 governors general. Two of them, the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Tweedsmuir, were Presbyterians. Both were active members of St. Andrew's Church in Ottawa. ...
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John Buchan: The Presbyterian Cavalier.
11/01/1995: 631 words, approx. 2 pages
Andrew Lownie. Constable. 20.00[pounds]. 0-09-47-2500-4. John Buchan can stand a substantial new biography fifty-five years after his death. when he was Governor-General of Canada (as Lord Tweedsmuir) and still near the zenith of his popularity as a writer. Janet Adam Smith's sympathetic account...
 


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