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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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Buchan has received more than 890,458 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). John Buchan is the 2,014th most popular politician (up from 2,700th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 618th in 2019) and the 74th 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 2,014 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrew I of Hungary, Agesilaus II, Jayavarman VII, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Emperor Annei, and Sigebert III. After him are Louise of Savoy, Tabaré Vázquez, Henry II of Castile, Sobekneferu, Gaius Octavius, and Albert the Bear.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, John Buchan ranks 18. Before him are Albert I of Belgium, Aleister Crowley, Mikhail Kalinin, Vallabhbhai Patel, Gilbert N. Lewis, and Henry Hallett Dale. After him are Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Marie of Romania, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Giovanni Gentile, Fritz Kreisler, and Paul Landowski. Among people deceased in 1940, John Buchan ranks 20. Before him are Emma Goldman, Manuel Azaña, Verner von Heidenstam, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Isaac Babel, and Wladimir Köppen. After him are Italo Balbo, Spyridon Louis, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Gerda Wegener, and Kyösti Kallio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Buchan ranks 429 out of 8,785. Before him are Fred Hoyle (1915), John Everett Millais (1829), John Barry (1933), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), D. H. Lawrence (1885), and Gertrude Bell (1868). After him are Sam Neill (1947), John Bowlby (1907), John Donne (1572), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Isaac Barrow (1631), and Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Buchan ranks 74. Before him are Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Oswald Mosley (1896), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Edgar the Peaceful (943), Anne Neville (1456), and Tristan (535). After him are Marie of Romania (1875), William Pitt the Younger (1759), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Austen Chamberlain (1863), and Edward the Martyr (962).

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