bio notes:
born: 8/26/1875
died: 2/11/1940
born as: John Buchan

Statesman and writer best known for his swift-paced advetnure stories. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of LiteraturePronounced like the beginning of "buchaneer," except that as a Scottish name the "ch" isn't a hard "k," but rather more like static on a radio.