George Buchanan
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George Buchanan was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. " His ideology of resistance to royal usurpation gained widespread acceptance during the Scottish Reformation. Brown says the ease with which King James VII was deposed in 1689 shows the power of Buchananite ideas.
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Statue of George Buchanan, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The 31-metre-high (101 ft 8 in) Buchanan Monument in Killearn commemorates his nearby birthplace.
Buchanan, original engraving by Jacobus Houbraken![George Buchanan, painter unknown[17]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Illustratedcatal00anna_orig_0262v2.png/500px-Illustratedcatal00anna_orig_0262v2.png)
George Buchanan, painter unknown[17]
Detail on the Buchanan memorial in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
George Buchanan's statue on the Scott MonumentIn their orbit 2
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George Buchanan was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth-century Scotland produced." His ideology of resistance to royal usurpation gained widespread acceptance during the Scottish Reformation. Brown says the ease with which King James VII was deposed in 1689 shows the power of Buchananite ideas.
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