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JOHN BUCHAN
John Buchan () &#; First Baron Tweedsmuir of Enfield
Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet, and novelist, whose most famous thriller was The Thirty Nine Steps (), his 27th book.John buchan biography 39 steps tickets
Alfred Hitchcock&#;s film version of the story, made in , is ranked as one of the director&#;s best works. Buchan published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories.
&#;Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition.
Politics is still the greatest and the most honourable adventure.&#;
John Buchan was born in Perth, Scotland, as the eldest son of Rev. John Buchan and Helen (née Masterton) Buchan. He studied at the University of Glasgow and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he had an outstanding career, winning the Stanhope Essay Prize in and the Newdigate Prize in the following year.
In he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa, Lord Milner ().