George Buchanan
The name George Buchanan is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Greyfriars private cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
There are 466 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
George Buchanan was buried in 1582. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
George Buchanan calculated age is 76.
George Buchanan birth is given as 1506.
George Buchanan is listed on the GPR grave numbered 138589.
George Buchanan is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
George Buchanan has the record number 294093 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 23 June 2011
There are 2 images available for the monument listing George Buchanan (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against George Buchanan record:
Famous Renaissance scholar historian neoLatin poet and dramatist He taught in Paris Bordeaux Coimbra and St Andrews On his return home in 1561 he sided with the Reformers and became a fierce protagonist against Mary Queen of Scots and was appointed tutor to James VI He died in poverty His actual place of burial is now thought to be in front of the east wall This monument and a window in the Kirk were dedicated to his memory nearly three centuries after his death