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Buchan

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Buch·an  (bkn, b-), Sir John. First Baron Tweedsmuir. 1875-1940.
British writer and government official who was governor-general of Canada (1935-1940) but is best known for his adventure novels, such as The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915).
Buchan [ˈbʌkən]
n
(Biographies / Buchan, John (1875-1940) M, Scottish, POLITICS: statesman, HISTORY: historian, WRITING: novelist) John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. 1875-1940, Scottish statesman, historian, and writer of adventure stories, esp The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) and Greenmantle (1916); governor general of Canada (1935-40)


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