| LC control no. | n 79045167 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6003.U13 |
| Personal name heading | Buchan, John, 1875-1940 |
| Variant(s) | Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, Baron, 1875-1940 Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940 Elsfield, John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir of |
| See also | Cadmus, 1875-1940 |
| Associated country | Scotland Canada |
| Birth date | 1875-08-26 |
| Death date | 1940-02-11 |
| Place of birth | Perth (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Montreal (Quebec) |
| Profession or occupation | Author Politician Governor General of Canada |
| Found in | His Witch wood, 1993: CIP t.p. (John Buchan) John Buchan, 1947: p. 89 (The Island of Sheep published anonymously by Cadmus and Harmonia) 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> 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> 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) |
| National bib agency no. | 0013K7333E |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 86007323 |
| Quality code | nlc |
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