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Description: | Buchanan, a satirist, moralist, historian, and author of the monumental History of Scotland (1582), was born in Killearn, Stirlingshire in 1506. He received his education at the University of Paris and later at St. Salvatore's College, St. Andrews where he studied logic. In 1529, he became a professor in the college of St. Barbe where he lectured on grammar. By 1566 he was Principal of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews. He was, at first, a supporter of Mary Queen of Scots but after the murder of Darnley, wrote the Detection which outlines the events leading up to the dethronement of the Queen and vigorously defends her accusers. Calderwood thought him 'a man of austere countenance, but mirrie, and quicke in conference and awnsweres to anie questioun'. This portrait is a contemporary work, probably derived from the portrait of Buchanan by Bronckorst in the National Portrait Gallery, London. | Subjects: | portrait (George Buchanan) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Bronckorst, Arnold (Netherlandish painter, ca.1566-1586) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8387... | Go to resource |
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