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John Buchan

1875 - 1940

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. As a youth, Buchan began writing poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction, publishing his first novel in 1895 and ultimately writing over a hundred books of which the best known is The Thirty-Nine Steps. After attending Glasgow and Oxford universities, he practised as a barrister. In 1901, he served as a private secretary to Lord Milner in southern Africa towards the end of the Boer War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Buchan is the 1,781st most popular politician (up from 2,014th in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 429th in 2019) and the 98th most popular British Politician.

John Buchan is most famous for his book The Thirty-Nine Steps.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Buchan ranks 1,781 out of 19,576. Before him are Hoshea, Raisa Gorbacheva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Cemal Gürsel, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, and Diadumenian. After him are Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Berenice IV of Egypt, Dara Shukoh, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, and Heinz Fischer.

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Among people born in 1875, John Buchan ranks 22. Before him are Albert I of Belgium, Mikhail Kalinin, Henry Hallett Dale, Jim Corbett, Vesto Slipher, and Gilbert N. Lewis. After him are Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thomas Burke, Fritz Kreisler, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, and Edgar Wallace. Among people deceased in 1940, John Buchan ranks 17. Before him are Robert Wadlow, Carl Bosch, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Verner von Heidenstam, Emma Goldman, and Manuel Azaña. After him are Peter Behrens, Isaac Babel, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Wladimir Köppen, Spyridon Louis, and Ze'ev Jabotinsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Buchan ranks 439 out of 8,785. Before him are Roger Williams (1603), Morrissey (1959), David Suchet (1946), Thomas Harriot (1560), Halford Mackinder (1861), and John Ruskin (1819). After him are Arnold Bennett (1867), John Everett Millais (1829), Alexander Mackenzie (1822), Æthelred the Unready (968), Jon Lord (1941), and Ian McShane (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Buchan ranks 98. Before him are Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Nigel Farage (1964), Harthacnut (1018), Liz Truss (1975), Roger Williams (1603), and Halford Mackinder (1861). After him are Alexander Mackenzie (1822), Æthelred the Unready (968), Richard Cromwell (1626), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), and Keir Starmer (1962).

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