John Lanne Buchanan

John Lanne Buchanan (fl. 1780–1816), was a Scottish author and a native of Menteith, Perthshire, and was educated at the grammar school of Callander and the University of Glasgow. For some years, he was assistant to Robert Menzies, minister of Comrie, and after he died in 1760, he went as a missionary of the Church of Scotland to the Western Isles. He later resided in London.

Works

He was the author of:

  • Travels in the Western Hebrides from 1783 to 1790 (1793)
  • A Defence of the Scots Highlanders in general, and some learned characters in particular (1794)
  • General View of the Fishery of Great Britain (1794)

Having entrusted his Travels in the Highlands to the editorial care of Dr. William Thomson, the latter without his knowledge inserted some severe criticisms of the Scotch clergy and others, which Buchanan in his General View of the Fishery of Great Britain indignantly disclaimed.

Travels in the Western Hebrides

This book was reviewed in The Critical Review,[1] The Gentleman's Magazine,[2] The Analytical Review,[3] The British Critic,[4] The Monthly Review[5] The New Annual Register,[6] and The London Review.[7]

Defence of the Scots Highlanders

This book was reviewed in The Critical Review,[8] The Gentleman's Magazine,[9] The Analytical Review,[10] The British Critic[11] and The Monthly Review.[12]

General View of the Fishery of Great Britain

This book was reviewed in The Critical Review[13] The Gentleman's Magazine,[14] The British Critic[15] and The Monthly Review.[16]

References

  1. ^ 9 The Critical Review 205
  2. ^ 63 The Gentleman's Magazine 927
  3. ^ 16 The Analytical Review 138
  4. ^ 2 The British Critic 178
  5. ^ 12 The Monthly Review 154
  6. ^ [1793] The New Annual Register 259
  7. ^ 23 The London Review 438
  8. ^ 12 The Critical Review 234
  9. ^ "Review of New Publications" (1794) 75 The Gentleman's Magazine 453 to 456 (May 1794)
  10. ^ 18 The Analytical Review 515
  11. ^ 5 The British Critic 658
  12. ^ 14 The Monthly Review 284
  13. ^ 12 The Critical Review 239
  14. ^ 64 The Gentleman's Magazine 836 to 838
  15. ^ 4 The British Critic 557
  16. ^ 16 The Monthly Review 44
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1886). "Buchanan, John Lanne". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 195.
  • T F Henderson, revised by Elizabeth Baigent. Buchanan, John Lanne. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 September 2004.
  • Lowndes. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature. vol 1. p 284.
  • Patrick O Flaherty. Scotland's Pariah: The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826. p 55.
  • A Companion to Enlightenment Historiography. p 339
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