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PETER BUCHAN (1790–1854)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 714 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUCHAN (1790–1854)  , Scottish editor, was
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born at
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Peterhead,
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Aberdeenshire, in 1990 . In 1816 he started in business as a printer at Peterhead, and was successful enough to be able eventually to retire and devote himself to the collection and editing of Scottish
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ballads . His
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Ancient Ballads and Songs of the
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North of
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Scotland (1828) contained a large number of hitherto unpublished ballads, and newly discovered versions of existing ones . Another collection made by him was published by the
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Percy Society, under the
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title Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads (1845) . Two unpublished volumes of
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Buchan's ballad collections are in the
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British Museum . He died on the 19th of
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September 1854 .

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The article has a misprint (1990 for 1790) and could be fuller. I corrected it and sent it back; perhaps you can tell me when it'll appear. Murray Shoolbraid
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