John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and politician. He is best known for his adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915). Buchan was born in Perth, Scotland, and educated at the University of Glasgow and Brasenose College, Oxford. After graduating, he worked as a barrister and journalist. In 1907, he was appointed a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa, and in 1910 he was elected to the British Parliament. Buchan wrote over 100 books, including novels, biographies, histories, and collections of short stories. His works often featured themes of espionage and adventure, and he was a major influence on the development of the spy novel genre. He was also a prolific writer of non-fiction, including biographies of British statesmen and histories of the First World War. Buchan was knighted in 1935 and appointed Governor General of Canada in 1935. He died in 1940.
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