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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Date: 20080415
Author:
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir , 1875-1940, Scottish author and statesman. Included among his works are a history (4 vol., 1921-22) of World War I; biographies of Julius Caesar (1932), Scott (1932), and Cromwell (1934); short stories, essays, and poetry; and adventure novels, including
The Thirty-nine Steps
(1915),
The Path of the King
(1921), and
Mountain Meadow
(1941). Elected to Parliament in 1927, he was appointed governor-general of Canada in 1935 and was raised to the peerage. His tenure in Canada was popular; he promoted good relations with the United States.
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