Buchanan, David
| Dates | c.1640-1652 | ||
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| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Writer | ||
| Place of Birth | Arnprior | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Son of William Buchanan of Arnprior. Entered St Leonard’s College, St Andrews in 1609, graduating with an MA in 26 July 1613. Pursued a scholarly career and was a prolific author. Buchanan moved to England sometime in the 1640s and was lived in London between 1643-52. He was peripherally involved in the Westminster assembly on behalf of Scottish commissioners His Historia animae humanae was published in 1636. he then worked alongside Robert Baillie resulting in the publication of Truth its manifest, or, A short and true relation of divers main passages of things in some whereof the Scots are particularly concerned in 1645 and Some papers of the commissioners of Scotland, given in lately to the Houses of Parliament, concerning propositions of peace, the following year. Buchanan's writings were eventually condemned and he was forced into hiding (possibly Newcastle). He thus discontinued any activity in the interests of the Scottish Presbyterians in London. Buchanan died in Edinburgh, 1652.
