James Buchan

(1770-1834)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Buchan, James, 1770-1834 LBT ID: JaBucha1834 VIAF ID: 44150585 LOC ID: nr91007249	B/BAP: 1770 DIED: 1834
SOURCES: Sir Robert Christison, The Life of Sir Robert Christison, bart, (1885) 1:362; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
A classmate of Walter Scott; he was an army physician in Egypt where he maintained a plague hospital, and late in life was physician of the Royal Public Dispensary.
REFERENCES TO James Buchan: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 29 Chapter III 1778-83 Found 1: ¶ n1 Chapter IV 1825 Found 1: ¶ 17