Buchan, Anna

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Name (Latin)
Buchan, Anna
Date of birth
1877-03-24
Date of death
1948-11-24
Field of activity
Autobiography
Biography
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 6548599
Wikidata: Q7072105
Library of congress: n 90605836
Sources of Information
  • Farewell to Priorsford, 1950:t.p. (a book by and about Anna Buchan (O. Douglas))
  • The biographical dictionary of Scottish women, ©2006:p. 49 (Buchan, Anna Masterton [O. Douglas]; born Pathhead, Fife, 24 March 1877; family moved to Glasgow in 1888; died Peebles, 24 Nov. 1948; first novel was Olivia in India; under the pseudonym 'O. Douglas' wrote many novels, often set in the Borders; best known titles include The Setons (1917) and Penny plain (1920); daughter of John Buchan, Free Church of Scotland minister; brother of John Buchan (1875-1940), the novelist and diplomat)
  • Green, M.B. A biography of John Buchan and his sister Anna, c1990:p. 7 (pen name: O. or Olivia Douglas)
  • W was W, 1941-1950(Buchan, Anna (O. Douglas); d. Nov. 24, 1948)

Wikipedia description:

Anna Masterton Buchan (24 March 1877 – 24 November 1948) was a Scottish novelist who wrote under the pen name O. Douglas. Most of her novels were written and set between the wars and portrayed small town or village life in southern Scotland, reflecting her own life. Anna Buchan was born in Pathhead, Scotland, to the Reverend John Buchan and Helen Masterton. She was the younger sister of John Buchan, the statesman and author. She attended Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow, but lived most of her later life in Peebles in the Scottish border country, not far from the village of Broughton where her parents first met. Her first novel Olivia in India was published in 1912 by Hodder & Stoughton. Unforgettable, Unforgotten (1945) is a memoir of her brother John, Lord Tweedsmuir, and the Buchan family. In it, she recounts her experience visiting her brother in Canada, where he was Governor-General from 1935-1940. Her autobiography, Farewell to Priorsford, was published posthumously in 1950. Her work is displayed alongside her brother's at the John Buchan Museum in Peebles.

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