John Buchan (1) (1875–1940)
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John Buchan was born in Perth on 26th August, 1875. Educated at Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1898 Buchan won the Newdigate Prize for poetry. Although trained as a lawyer, Buchan became private secretary to Lord Alfred Milner, high commissioner for South Africa. In 1903 he toon meer returned to England where he became a director of the publishing company, Thomas Nelson & Sons. In 1910 Buchan had his first novel, Prester John, published. In July 1914, Blackwood's Magazine began serializing Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps. With Britain on the verge of war, the nation was obsessed with German spy fever and its subject matter made it an immediate success. When it was published in book form, it sold over 25,000 copies in three months. Charles Masterman, the journalist, was appointed head of the government's War Propaganda Bureau. Masterman recruited Buchan and asked him to organise the publication of a history of the war in the form of a monthly magazine. Published by his own company, the first installment of the Nelson's History of the War appeared in February, 1915. A further twenty-three appeared at regular intervals throughout the war. In the spring of 1915, Buchan agreed to become one of the five journalists attached to the British Army. He was given responsibility for providing articles for The Times and the Daily News. In June 1916, Buchan was recruited by the British Army to draft communiqués for Sir Douglas Haig and other members of the General Headquarters Staff. Given the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps, Buchan was also provided with the documents needed to write the Nelson's History of the War. Buchan's History of the War provided the public with a completely false impression of what was going on the Western Front. Buchan also wrote a series of propoganda pamphlets published by Oxford University Press. In February, 1917, the government established a Department of Information. Given the rank Lieutenant Colonel, Buchan was put in charge on the department on an annual salary of £1,000 a year. After the war Buchan continued to write adventures stories such as Huntingtower, The Three Hostages, and Witch Wood (1927). He also became involved in politics and in 1927 was elected Conservative MP for the Scottish Universities. Buchan held the seat until granted the title Baron Tweedsmuir in 1935. Buchan was president of the Scottish History Society from 1929 to 1932, and wrote biographies of Montrose and Sir Walter Scott. Buchan also served as governor-general of Canada from 1935 to 1937 and chancellor of Edinburgh University from 1937 to 1940. John Buchan died on 12th February, 1940. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
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Werken van John Buchan
The Leithen Stories: The Power-House, John Macnab, the Dancing Floor, Sick Heart River (2000) 34 exemplaren
The Adventures of Dickson McCunn: "Huntingtower", "Castle Gay", "House of the Four Winds" (1937) 32 exemplaren
The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) (2009) 31 exemplaren
Four Tales: The Thirty-Nine Steps; The Power-House; The Watcher by the Threshold; The Moon Endureth (1936) 23 exemplaren
JOHN BUCHAN Ultimate Collection: Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels & Short Stories, Including Historical Works… (2016) 12 exemplaren
World War I - 9 Book Collection: Nelson's History of the War, The Battle of Jutland & The Battle of the Somme:… (2016) 12 exemplaren
British Mystery Multipacks Vol. 6 - British Spy Mysteries: The 39 Steps, The Riddle of the Sands, Bulldog Drummond,… (2015) — Medewerker — 8 exemplaren
Supernatural Buchan - Stories of ancient spirits uncanny places and strange creatures (2007) 8 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 12) The Retreat from Bagdad, the Evacuation of Gallipoli, and the Derby Report (1917) 6 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 4) The Great Struggle in West Flanders, the Two Attacks on Warsaw, and the… (2005) 5 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 2) From the Battle of Mons to the German Retreat to the Aisne (1917) 5 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 18) From the German Overtures for Peace to the American Declaration of War (1918) 5 exemplaren
The causal and the casual in history 4 exemplaren
Nelson's History Of The War: (Volume 1) From The Beginning Of The War To The Fall Of Namur 4 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 5) 4 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 17) From the Opening of the Rumanian Campaign to the Change of Government in… (1918) 4 exemplaren
Skule Skerry 4 exemplaren
The Green Wildebeest 3 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 22) 3 exemplaren
British Mystery Multipack Volume 11 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Stolen Letter,… (2016) 3 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 11) 3 exemplaren
Comments and characters. (A selection of ... contributions to the Scottish review) (1941) 3 exemplaren
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 23) 3 exemplaren
Two Ordeals of Democracy: A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni Memorial Foundation October 16, 1924 3 exemplaren
The Herd Of Stanlan 2 exemplaren
A Journey Of Little Profit 2 exemplaren
Complete Fictional Works of John Buchan 2 exemplaren
Ship to Tarshish 2 exemplaren
Sir Walter Scott : 1832-1932. : A centenary address 2 exemplaren
On Cademuir Hill [short story] 2 exemplaren
The last crusade 2 exemplaren
The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott 2 exemplaren
The Island of Sheep (1919 book with dual writers) 2 exemplaren
The Collected Works of John Buchan (Illustrated): Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels, Mystery Novels, Historical… (2017) 2 exemplaren
Great Hours in Sport 2 exemplaren
The Kings of Orion 2 exemplaren
Fountainblue 2 exemplaren
The 39 Steps and Other Richard Hannay Adventures: A BBC Radio Collection of Full-Cast Dramatisations (2020) 2 exemplaren
Nelson's history of the war 1 exemplaar
John Buchan : 28 Novels & 40+ Short Stories (Illustrated) : Thriller Classics, Spy Novels, Supernatural Tales,… (2017) 1 exemplaar
An Article of Death 1 exemplaar
The Adventures by John Buchan. Book 5 1 exemplaar
Best of John Buchan Volume 1 1 exemplaar
Some notes on Sir Walter Scott 1 exemplaar
El collar de la reina de Saba 1 exemplaar
The Adventures by John Buchan. Book 4 1 exemplaar
The Rising of the Waters 1 exemplaar
The Adventures by John Buchan. Book 3 1 exemplaar
Streams of Water in the South [short story] 1 exemplaar
English Literature, Vols. 1-2 — Introductie — 1 exemplaar
The Oasis In The Snow [short story] 1 exemplaar
A Reputation [short story] 1 exemplaar
At The Rising of the Waters [short story] 1 exemplaar
Song of the Moor [short story] 1 exemplaar
At The Article of Death [short story] 1 exemplaar
An Individualist [short story] 1 exemplaar
Afternoon [short story] 1 exemplaar
Politics and the Mayfly [short story] 1 exemplaar
A Captain of Salvation [short story] 1 exemplaar
Comedy in the Full Moon [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Lit Chamber [short story] 1 exemplaar
Great Britain, Volume Two 1 exemplaar
Great Britain, Volume One 1 exemplaar
Italy (the nations of to-day a new history of the world) — Redacteur — 1 exemplaar
Essays and Apothegms of Francis Lord Bacon 1 exemplaar
Short Stories 1 exemplaar
The Far Islands [short story] 1 exemplaar
Summer Weather [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Shut Door [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Best Works of John Buchan 1 exemplaar
Ho! The Merry Masons [short story] 1 exemplaar
Dr Lartius [short story] 1 exemplaar
Human Quarry [short story] 1 exemplaar
Sing a Song of Sixpence [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Loathly Opposite [short story] 1 exemplaar
Tendebant Manus [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Post [short story] 1 exemplaar
Nemesis [short story] 1 exemplaar
Watches of the Night [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Black Fishers [short story] 1 exemplaar
The King of Ypres [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Riding of Ninemileburn [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Green Glen [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Lemnian [short story] 1 exemplaar
A Lucid Interval [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Company of the Marjolaine [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Knees of the Gods [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Watcher By The Threshold [short story] 1 exemplaar
Gideon Scott [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Earlier Affection [short story] 1 exemplaar
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Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition (1936) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 5 exemplaren
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Spionhistorier fra hele verden — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
Modern Mystery and Adventure Novels: Portrait of Jennie; Jamaica Inn; The Thirty-Nine Steps; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2015) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Tweedsmuir, Lord
Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron - Geboortedatum
- 1875-08-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1940-02-11
- Graflocatie
- Elsfield, Oxfordshire, UK
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- Scotland, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Perth, Tayside, Scotland, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Woonplaatsen
- Perth, Tayside, Scotland, UK
Fife, Scotland, UK
South Africa
Oxford, England, UK
London, England, UK
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (toon alle 7)
Montréal, Québec, Canada - Opleiding
- University of Glasgow (classics)
Oxford University (Brasenose College) (Literae Humaniores) - Beroepen
- writer
journalist
military officer
politician
MP (Scottish Universities)
governor-general (Canada) (toon alle 8)
chancellor (Edinburgh University)
diplomat - Relaties
- Buchan, Anna (sister)
Buchan, Susan Grosvenor (wife)
Buchan, James (grandson)
Buchan, John Norman Stuart (son)
Buchan, William James de l'Aigle (son)
Buchan, Ursula (granddaughter) - Organisaties
- Scottish Historical Society
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Privy Counsel of the United Kingdom (1937)
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (Knight Grand Cross) (1935)
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (1939)
Order of the Companions of Honour (1932)
Hereditary Peerage (1935)
Deputy Lieutenant (toon alle 9)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1928)
Newdigate Prize (1898)
Stanhope Prize (1897) - Korte biografie
- Buchan was the son of a Free Church minister, and grew up in Fife. He read classics at Glasgow University, winning a scholarship that enabled him to continue his studies at Oxford.
After graduating, he went to South Africa in the aftermath of the Boer War as aide to Alfred Milner. After an unsuccessful attempt to make his way as a lawyer, he went into publishing. In 1907, he linked himself to the English aristocracy by marrying the Duke of Westminster's cousin, Susan Grosvenor.
In the years immediately before World War I, he started to make a name for himself as a writer of adventure stories. T
During World War I he continued to write adventure stories in between propaganda work for the government and reporting the war for the Times.
After the war, Buchan settled down in a country house outside Oxford, later becoming a Unionist MP
In 1935 he was appointed Governor-General of Canada. At the time, this was an appointment that went with a peerage, so he became Baron Tweedsmuir. He died in 1940.
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'The Grove of Ashtaroth' by John Buchan (1912?) in Gothic Literature (maart 2019)
The Will You Join Me Reading-experiment: Mr. Standfast by John Buchan in 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (juni 2014)
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