Buchan,Sir John

Buchan,Sir John
Buch·an (bŭkʹən, bŭKHʹ-), Sir John. First Baron Tweedsmuir. 1875-1940.
Scottish writer and government official who was governor-general of Canada (1935-1940) but is best known for his adventure novels, such as The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915).

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