John Lanne Buchanan (fl. 1780–1816), was a Scottish author and a native of Menteith, Perthshire, and was educated at the grammar school of Callander and the University of Glasgow. For some years, he was assistant to Robert Menzies, minister of Comrie, and after he died in 1760, he went as a missionary of the Church of Scotland to the Western Isles. He later resided in London.
Works He was the author of: Travels in the Western Hebrides from 1783 to 1790 (1793) A Defence of the Scots Highlanders in general, and some learned characters in particular (1794) General View of the Fishery of Great Britain (1794)
Having entrusted his Travels in the Highlands to the editorial care of Dr. William Thomson, the latter without his knowledge inserted some severe criticisms of the Scotch clergy and others, which Buchanan in his General View of the Fishery of Great Britain indignantly disclaimed.
Travels in the Western Hebrides This book was reviewed in The Critical Review,9 The Critical Review 205 The Gentleman's Magazine,63 The Gentleman's Magazine 927 The Analytical Review,16 The Analytical Review 138 The British Critic,2 The British Critic 178 The Monthly Review12 The Monthly Review 154 The New Annual Register, The New Annual Register 259 and The London Review.23 The London Review 438
Defence of the Scots Highlanders This book was reviewed in The Critical Review,12 The Critical Review 234 The Gentleman's Magazine,"Review of New Publications" (1794) 75 The Gentleman's Magazine 453 to 456 (May 1794) The Analytical Review,18 The Analytical Review 515 The British Critic5 The British Critic 658 and The Monthly Review.14 The Monthly Review 284
General View of the Fishery of Great Britain This book was reviewed in The Critical Review12 The Critical Review 239 The Gentleman's Magazine,64 The Gentleman's Magazine 836 to 838 The British Critic4 The British Critic 557 and The Monthly Review.16 The Monthly Review 44
References
T F Henderson, revised by Elizabeth Baigent. Buchanan, John Lanne. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 September 2004. Lowndes. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature. vol 1. p 284. Patrick O Flaherty. Scotland's Pariah: The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826. p 55. A Companion to Enlightenment Historiography. p 339