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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH KStJ PC DL (/ ˈ b ʌ x ən /; 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.
John Buchan, 1º Barão Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC ( 26 de agosto de 1875 – 11 de fevereiro de 1940 ), foi um romancista escocês, mais conhecido pela seu romance The Thirty-Nine Steps, e um político unionista que serviu como Governador-geral do Canadá .
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940), was a Scottish novelist, historian, biographer and editor. Outside the field of literature he was, at various times, a barrister, a publisher, a lieutenant colonel in the Intelligence Corps, the Director of Information—reporting directly to prime minister David Lloyd George —during ...
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The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1915 adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, first published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It was serialized in All-Story Weekly issues of 5 and 12 June 1915, and in Blackwood's Magazine (credited to "H. de V.") between July and September 1915, before being published in book form in ...
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Signature. John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) was a British statesman and writer, today mostly remembered for his fine adventure stories. Buchan was educated at the University of Glasgow and Oxford, and began to write and publish stories from his college days. He later qualified as a lawyer and went to South Africa to work ...
John Buchan (1875-1940) was one of Scotland’s most critically and commercially successful novelists, while playing a major role in public life both as a publisher and a politician. Beginnings. Buchan was born in Perth, but moved in early infancy to Pathhead, Fife, where his father had been appointed Free Church minister.
19 de fev. de 2024 · John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (born Aug. 26, 1875, Perth, Perthshire, Scot.—died Feb. 11, 1940, Montreal) was a statesman and writer best known for his swift-paced adventure stories. His 50 books, all written in his spare time while pursuing an active career in politics, diplomacy, and publishing, include many historical novels and biographies.