John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, (; 26 Agustus 1875 – 11 Februari 1940) adalah seorang politikus Unionis, sejarawan dan novelis Skotlandia yang menjabat sebagai Gubernur Jenderal Kanada ke-15 sejak Konfederasi Kanada.
Setelah berkarier hukum, Buchan memulai karier menulisnya dan karier politik dan diplomatiknya, menjabat sebagai sekretaris pribadi administrator kolonial dari berbagai koloni di selatan Afrika. Ia kemudian menulis propaganda untuk upaya perang Inggris dalam Perang Dunia Pertama. Pada 1927, Buchan terpilih menjadi Anggota Parlemen untuk Combined Scottish Universities, namuna ia menjalani sebagian besar waktunya untuk berkarier menulis, utamanya menulis The Thirty-Nine Steps dan fiksi petualangan lainnya. Pada 1935, ia dilantik menjadi Gubernur Jenderal Kanada oleh Raja George V, atas rekomendasi Perdana Menteri Kanada R. B. Bennett, untuk menggantikan the Earl of Bessborough. Ia menduduki jabatan tersebut sampai ia meninggal pada 1940. Buchan diingat karena keantusiasannya terhadap sastra, serta evolusi budaya Kanada, dan ia meraih pemakaman negara di Kanada sebelum jenazahnya dipulangkan ke Britania Raya.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC DL (/ ˈbʌxən /; 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, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940), was a Scottish novelist, historian, biographer and editor.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir 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.
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John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC (August 26, 1875 – February 11, 1940), was a Scottish novelist, best known for his novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Buchan was an officer in the intelligence Corps during World War I. In 1927, he was elected as MP for the ...
John Buchan (or ‘JB’) was a prolific writer, best remembered for his ‘shocker’ novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps featuring a hero called Richard Hannay, which has been adapted for film, TV and stage, most memorably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935.
14 Jan 2008 · John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, governor general of Canada from 1935 to 1940, novelist and historian (born 26 August 1875 in Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom; died 11 February 1940 in Montreal, Quebec).
John Buchan has 1576 books on Goodreads with 144124 ratings. John Buchan’s most popular book is The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1).
John Buchan was born on 26 August 1875 in Perth, the eldest of five children. His father was a lively Free Church minister and an enthusiast of border ballads and other Scots songs. He was an indulgent parent in contrast to Buchan's mother, Helen Jane Masterton. She epitomised Free Church virtues and was austere, reserved and respectable.
