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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."
George Buchanan (born February 1506, Killearn, Stirlingshire, Scot.—died Sept. 29, 1582, Edinburgh) was a Scottish Humanist, educator, and man of letters, who was an eloquent critic of corruption and inefficiency in church and state during the period of the Reformation in Scotland.
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George Buchanan (1506-82), was a Scottish Renaissance humanist, poet and reformer, widely regarded as the finest writer in Latin of his century.
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artist: David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan (1742 - 1829) Scottish. title: George Buchanan, 1506 - 1582. Historian, poet and reformer. date created: Unknown. materials: Pencil and chalk on paper. measurements: 34.70 x 25.40 cm. object type: Work on paper. credit line: Bequeathed by W.F. Watson 1886. accession number: PG 1622. gallery:
Aug 26, 2020 · Buchanan is best known to early modern historians as the polemicist for the revolutionary party that forced Mary Stuart to abdicate from the throne of Scotland in 1567 in favor of her infant son, James.
Mar 25, 2024 · Although John Knox is far more famous, George Buchanan is one of those forgotten lights of the Scottish Reformation, and so this short article is about him. At one time George Buchanan was lauded as one of Europe’s greatest scholars, but he could so easily have been executed for his faith in 1540.
Buchanan was born at Killearn in Stirlingshire in 1506. This portrait, painted within a year of his death, shows Buchanan as a great scholar. The inscription on the painting translates as: 'So were Buchanan's features and countenance. Seek his writings and the stars if you wish to know his mind.'
