John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Perth
- Educated at
- University of GlasgowBrasenose CollegeHutchesons' Grammar SchoolKirkcaldy High School
- Awards
- 🏆 King George VI Coronation Medal🏆 James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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Trending topics shown first"He knew nothing accurately about any subject in the world, but he could clothe his ignorance in pontifical garments and give his confusion the accents of authority. He had a remarkable flair for disce…"
"Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure."
"He had never been lonely in his life before he met her, having at the worst found good company in himself; but now he longed for a companion, and out of all the many millions of the earth's inhabitant…"
"This crowded world of Space was perfectly real to him. How he had got to it I do not know. Perhaps his mind, dwelling constantly on the problem, had unsealed some atrophied cell and restored the old i…"
"Young girls passed me with romance still in their eyes, and others, a little older, with the romance dead."
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1875
Born
Birth1940
Died
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