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Who was John Buchan? Novelist, Biographer, and Statesman. Date and Place of Birth: 26th August 1875, Perth, Scotland. Family Background: Son of a free church Minister. Education: Hutcheson's Boys School. Glasgow University. Brasenose College, Oxford. Chronology: 1901: Finished his studies as a lawyer and was called to the Bar. Became private secretary to Lord Milner who was the High Commissioner for South Africa. 1903: Returned to Britain to become a director of the firm of Nelson's the publishing house. 1909: He had begun writing adventure stories in his spare time which culminated in the publication of his first novel "Prester John. 1914: At the start of the First World War he served on the staff at Army headquarters a post he held until 1917. 1915: Publication of his most famous thriller "The Thirty Nine Steps" featuring his spy Richard Hannay which he wrote in Broadstairs, Kent whilst recovering from an illness. Hannay was based on a young Army officer Lieutenant Edmund Ironside whom he had met in South Africa during the Boer War. 1917: Made Director of Information. 1927: Elected Member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities. 1928: Wrote a biographer of Montrose. 1932: Wrote a biography of Sir Walter Scott. 1935: Raised to the Peerage as the First Baron Tweedsmuir as he was made Governor-General of Canada. 1937: Made a Privy Councillor and Chancellor of Edinburgh University. Written Works: 1909: "Prester John". 1922:"Huntingtower" 1915: "The Thirty-Nine Steps". 1916: "Greenmantle". 1917: "Poems Scots and English". 1919: "Mr Standfast". 1924: "The Northern Muse", "The Three Hostages", 1927: "WitchWood" 1928: "Montrose". 1932: "Sir Walter Scott". Marriage: 1907 To Susan Grosvenor. Places of Interest: LONDON: The British Library Date and Place of Death: 11th February 1940, Montreal, Canada. Age at Death: 64. Site of Grave: St. Thomas of Canterbury Churchyard, Elsfield, Oxfordshire, England.