Editing John Buchan (section)

==Early life and education==
Buchan was born at today's 18–20 York Place, a double villa now named after him, in [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], Scotland.<ref name=pchf>[https://www.pkht.org.uk/pchf/ Perth City Heritage Fund] – Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust</ref> He was the first child of John Buchan – a [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] minister – and Helen Jane Buchan (née Masterton). He was brought up in [[Kirkcaldy]], [[Fife]], and spent many summer holidays with his maternal grandparents in [[Broughton, Scottish Borders|Broughton]] in the [[Scottish Borders]]. There he developed a love for walking and for the local scenery and wildlife, both of which are often featured in his novels. The protagonist in several of his books is Sir [[Edward Leithen]], whose name is borrowed from [[Leithen Water]], a tributary of the [[River Tweed]].

After the family moved to Glasgow, Buchan attended [[Hutchesons' Grammar School|Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School]]. He was awarded a scholarship to the [[University of Glasgow]] at age 17, where he studied [[classics]] as a student of [[Gilbert Murray]], wrote poetry, and became a published author.<ref>Smith, Janet Adam, ''John Buchan'', Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1965, pp. 30–32</ref> 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.<ref>Smith, p. 41 and also Buchan, Ursula, ''Beyond The Thirty-Nine Steps'', Bloomsbury, London, 2019, pp. 34 and 49</ref><ref name=QUOx>{{cite web| url=http://archives.queensu.ca/Exhibits/buchan/oxford.html| title=Queen's University Archives > Exhibits > John Buchan > Oxford, 1895–1899: Scholar Gypsy| publisher=Queen's University| access-date=30 March 2009| archive-date=29 September 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929233410/http://archives.queensu.ca/Exhibits/buchan/oxford.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> At Oxford, he made many friends including [[Raymond Asquith]], [[Aubrey Herbert]] and Tommy Nelson. Buchan won the [[Stanhope essay prize]] in 1897 and the [[Newdigate Prize]] for poetry the following year;<ref name=QUOx /> he was also elected as the president of the [[Oxford Union]] and had six of his works published, including a book of short stories (''Grey Weather'', 1899) and three of his first adventure novels (''John Burnet of Barns'', 1898; ''A Lost Lady of Old Years'', 1899; ''The Half-Hearted'', 1900)<ref>Buchan, Ursula, pp. 57–58 and 61–62.</ref><ref name=TCE>{{Cite book|last=Hillmer |first=Norman |contribution=Biography > Governors General of Canada > Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir |title=The Canadian Encyclopedia |editor-last=Marsh |editor-first=James H. |place=Toronto |publisher=Historica Foundation of Canada |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001071 |access-date=31 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703002004/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001071 |archive-date= 3 July 2007 }}</ref>

Buchan had his first portrait painted in 1900 by a young [[Sholto Johnstone Douglas]] at around the time of his graduation from Oxford.<ref>{{cite book| editor-last=Lee| editor-first=Sidney| title=The Dictionary of National Biography| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=1950| location=New York| pages=113}}</ref>