Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
under John Buchan
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Family and Intimate relationships | Susan Tweedsmuir | Susan Grosvenor
married, at St George's, Hanover Square, London, the Scotsman John Buchan
, who was at this time a lawyer and novelist working in publishing. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. under John Buchan Tweedsmuir, Susan. The Lilac and the Rose. G. Duckworth, 1952. 143 |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Bowen | EB
loved Oxford (where she and her husband spent ten years) and became a social success there. She met and became friends with John
and Susan Buchan
, and it was through them that she... |
Friends, Associates | Catherine Carswell | CC
's friends included Scotswomen she grew up with—doctors Maud McVail
and Isobel Hutton
, sculptor Phyllis Clay
, and musician Maggie Mather
. Among her literary friends were Vita Sackville-West
(whom she stayed with... |
Occupation | Phyllis Bottome | PB
accepted a position writing for the Ministry of Information
under the supervision of John Buchan (later Lord Tweedsmuir)
. There is some confusion between sources about dates of PB
's activities in the years... |
Author summary | Catherine Carswell | CC
is best known for her 1920 novel, Open the Door!, and her insightful critical biography of her close friend D. H. Lawrence
. Her literary corpus consists of two novels, three biographies, and... |
Reception | Catherine Carswell | Opposed as many were to her book, it did bring her new friends, among them the author and statesman John Buchan
. Staley, Thomas F., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 36. Gale Research, 1985. 23 Carswell, John, and Catherine Carswell. “Introduction”. Open the Door!, Virago, 1986, p. v - xvii. xiv Carswell, John, and Catherine Carswell. “Introduction”. Lying Awake: An Unfinished Biography and Other Posthumous Papers, 1stst ed, Secker and Warburg, 1950, p. ix - xxi. 197n1 |
Textual Production | Catherine Carswell | At the time of her death, CC
was researching a biography of Calvin
and had been engaged to help Susan Tweedsmuir
on the sorting of John Buchan
's papers. Carswell's work on the papers formed... |
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