Angus Buchanan
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Angus Buchanan | |
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| Born | 5 May 1886 |
| Died | 5 February 1954 (aged 67) |
| Citizenship | Scotland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | natural history, ornithology |
Angus Buchanan (5 May 1886 – 5 February 1954) was a Scottish naturalist, explorer and collector.
From 1902 to 1907 he trained with architect Thomas Graham Abercrombie in Paisley. In 1914 he travelled to the Barren Grounds in Australia. The following year, he joined the 25th Royal Fusiliers and served for three years in East Africa until he was wounded whilst fighting in Behobeho and was sent home.
Buchanan's first trip to the Sahara was in 1919 with a 1,400 mile expedition financed by the Walter Rothschild who was keen to find new species of animals in an unexplored area of Nigeria. In July his first book, Three Years in East Africa was published. Rothschild gifted 140 mammals to the Natural History Museum, eighteen of which were newly discovered species.[1]
Works
[edit]- Three Years of War in East Africa John Murray, London 1919
- Wild life in Canada John Murray, London 1920
- Exploration of Aïr. Out of the World North of Nigeria John Murray, London 1921
- Sahara London 1926
- The City of the Seven Palms John Murray, London 1927
- Gain. A Tale of the Canadian Northland John Murray, London 1932
- Some impressions of Abyssinia in Scottish Geographical Magazine volume 59
Species named in his honour
[edit]- Acontia buchanani
- Afroarabiella buchanani
- Cigaritis buchanani
- Dattinia buchanani
- Grammodes buchanani
- Nepheronia buquetii buchanani
- Pogononeura buchanani
- Raphia buchanani
- Rhynchina buchanani
- Timora decorata buchanani
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