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George Buchanan
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Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506-1582)
Key facts
- Born
- February 1506, Killearn , Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Died
- 28 September 1582 (aged 76), Edinburgh , Scotland
- Alma mater
- University of St Andrews (B.A.), University of Paris (M.A.)
- Occupations
- historian, scholar
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Scotland
- Place of birth
- Killearn
- Place of death
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- preceptor
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- John Major
- Image
- Anonymous - George Buchanan (Seòras Bochanan), 1506 - 1582. Historian, poet and reformer - PG 2678 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg
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- place of burial
- Greyfriars Kirkyard
- Commons category
- George Buchanan (scholar)
- date of death
- 1582-09-29
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of birth
- 1506-02-00
- student
- James VI and I
- writing language
- Scots
- ethnic group
- Scottish people
- name in native language
- George Buchanan
- significant person
- Juan Luis Vives
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
18 objects attributed to George Buchanan, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Baptistes, dt.
Geor. Buchanani Scoti, Poemata quae extant
Georgi Buchanani... Opera omnia ad optimorum codicum fidem summo studio Opera ita & castigata tomus secundus in quo continentur Poemata ejus omnia..., accessit de Metris Buchananaelis libellus, pars prima
[Paraphrasis psalmorum Davidis poetica]
Geor. Buchanani Scoti, Poemata quae extant
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George Buchanan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.