John Buchan
1875 to 1940
6 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for John Buchan across 6 places, from 1895 to 1924. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where John Buchan was documented, and when
1895year
Brasenose College, Oxfordattested
“He moved on to study Literae Humaniores (the Classics) at Brasenose College, Oxford, with a Junior Hulme scholarship in 1895 and in his third year achieved a Senior Hulme scholarship, adding to his financial security.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
January 1907month
London, Ontarioattested
“There were other Jews in South Africa he obviously did like and became friends with, for example, Hermann Eckstein who hosted the couple’s engagement party in London in January 1907 and Lionel Philips who had a home in Hampshire and wher…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
January 1907month
South Africaattested
“There were other Jews in South Africa he obviously did like and became friends with, for example, Hermann Eckstein who hosted the couple’s engagement party in London in January 1907 and Lionel Philips who had a home in Hampshire and wher…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
January 1907month
Hampshireattested
“There were other Jews in South Africa he obviously did like and became friends with, for example, Hermann Eckstein who hosted the couple’s engagement party in London in January 1907 and Lionel Philips who had a home in Hampshire and wher…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1920year
Elsfieldattested
“He moved to Elsfield, Oxfordshire in 1920 and had become president of the Scottish Historical Society and a trustee of the National Library of Scotland, and he also maintained ties with various universities.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1924year
Canadaattested
“He had written many appreciative words about the country as a journalist on The Spectator and had followed the actions of the Canadian forces in the First World War when writing Nelson's History of the War, and was helped by talks with J…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
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Places John Buchan is documented in
Canada1 presence · 1924South Africa1 presence · 1907
Brasenose College, Oxford1 presence · 1895
Elsfield1 presence · 1920
Hampshire1 presence · 1907
London, Ontario1 presence · 1907
Other places tied to John Buchan in the record
In each of these, a source puts John Buchan and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that John Buchan was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
June 1901month
Oxfordmentioned
“After graduating from Oxford, Buchan read for and was called to the Bar in June 1901, as a member of the Middle Temple.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
September 1901month
South Africamentioned
“In September 1901 he travelled to South Africa to become a private secretary to Alfred Milner, who was then the High Commissioner for Southern Africa, Governor of Cape Colony, and colonial administrator of Transvaal and the Orange River…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1903year
London, Ontariomentioned
“He also gained an acquaintance with a country that would feature prominently in his writing, which he resumed, along with his career as a barrister, upon his return to London in 1903.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1910year
South Africamentioned
“In 1910, Buchan wrote Prester John, set in South Africa, another of his adventure novels.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1915year
Francementioned
“He worked in the Foreign Office, and for a time was a war correspondent in France for The Times in 1915.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
27 March 1935exact date
Canadian Parliamentmentioned
“On 27 March 1935, Sir George Halsey Perley announced in the Canadian Parliament (in place of ailing Conservative Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett) that the King had appointed Mr.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
July 1936month
Quebecmentioned
“Tweedsmuir and Roosevelt met twice, at the end of July 1936 in Quebec City, summer residence of the Governor General, and the second in the spring of 1937 with an official visit by the Tweedsmuirs to Washington, D.C.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1937year
Montrealmentioned
“He aroused the ire of imperialists when he said in Montreal in 1937: "a Canadian's first loyalty is not to the British Commonwealth of Nations, but to Canada, and to Canada's King," a statement that the Montreal Gazette dubbed as "disloy…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1937year
Canadamentioned
“He aroused the ire of imperialists when he said in Montreal in 1937: "a Canadian's first loyalty is not to the British Commonwealth of Nations, but to Canada, and to Canada's King," a statement that the Montreal Gazette dubbed as "disloy…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1938 to 1939period
Tweedsmuirmentioned
“His knowledge and interest in increasing public awareness and accessibility to Canada's past resulted in Tweedsmuir being made the Champlain Society's second honorary president between 1938 and 1939.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
1938 to 1939period
Canadamentioned
“His knowledge and interest in increasing public awareness and accessibility to Canada's past resulted in Tweedsmuir being made the Champlain Society's second honorary president between 1938 and 1939.”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
June 1938month
United Kingdommentioned
“Tweedsmuir put great effort into securing a positive response from Buckingham Palace to the invitation; after more than a year without a reply, in June 1938 he used a trip to the United Kingdom for a rest cure at Ruthin Castle in Wales t…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
June 1938month
Buckingham Palacementioned
“Tweedsmuir put great effort into securing a positive response from Buckingham Palace to the invitation; after more than a year without a reply, in June 1938 he used a trip to the United Kingdom for a rest cure at Ruthin Castle in Wales t…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
June 1938month
Walesmentioned
“Tweedsmuir put great effort into securing a positive response from Buckingham Palace to the invitation; after more than a year without a reply, in June 1938 he used a trip to the United Kingdom for a rest cure at Ruthin Castle in Wales t…”
source: Wikipedia: John Buchan
June 1938month
June 1939month
June 1939month
6 February 1940exact date
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