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Surname	Buchan	Alternative Surname
First Name	Walter	Initial of Surname	B
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished
Year of Death	- 1878
Biographical Details	Little is known of Buchan’s life and career other than that he trained under William Mossman, 1837, and worked under John Mossman. Work by him is rare but distinguished. He died, obscure and in poverty, in London. Medallions after the Antique in the spandrels of Strathclyde House, 94 Elmbank Street, Glasgow are attributed to him by McKenzie. Literary References: Gildard 1892, 294, 298; McKenzie 1999, 106