George Buchanan
Also known as Seòras Bochanan
Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506-1582)
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- Born
- 1865
- Died
- 1922
- Works
- 34
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- Sacrifice in the Old Testament
- A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Isaiah 1-27
- A Critical And Exegetical Commentary On Numbers
- A critical and exegetical commentary on the Book of Job, together with a new translation
- A CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF ISAIAH I-XXXIX - IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I ONLY
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Statue of George Buchanan, Scottish National Portrait Gallery George Buchanan (Scottish Gaelic: Seòras Bochanan; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth-century Scotland produced." His ideology of resistance to royal usurpation gained widespread acceptance during the Scottish Reformation. Brown says the ease with which King James VII was deposed in 1689 shows the power of Buchananite ideas.
The 31-metre-high (101 ft 8 in) Buchanan Monument in Killearn commemorates his nearby birthplace.
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