| Authorised form of name | Buchan; Alexander (1829 - 1907) |
| Dates | 1829 - 1907 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kinnesswood, Kinross-shire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 11 April 1829 |
| Place of death | 2 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh |
| Date of death | 13/05/1907 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Warriston cemetery |
| Activity | Education:
MA; LLD
Memberships:
FRSE
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1898 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1914 vol 90 pp i-v signed by W N S |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/22924151 |
| Code | NA1168 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/005501 | Buchan, Alexander | 2000 |
| IM/Maull/000634 | Buchan, Alexander | nd |
| IM/000635 | Buchan, Alexander | nd |
| NLB/2/63 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Alexander Buchan, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 December 1887 |
| NLB/2/62 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Robert Henry Scott, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 December 1887 |
| NLB/3/119 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, [Royal Society] | 21 March 1889 |
| NLB/5/1229 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Alexander Buchan, Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1 February 1892 |
| RR/16/109 | Referee's report by Alexander Buchan, on a paper 'Meteorological observations by the use of kites off the West Coast of Scotland, 1902' by William Napier Shaw and William Henry Dines | June 1903 |
| NLB/17/34 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | [6 July 1898] |
| NLB/16/596 | Copy letter of a notice from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [The Times] | 5 May 1898 |
| NLB/17/50 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Howard Darwin, Dr Alexander Buchan, William Napier Shaw, Admiral Sir William James Lloyd Wharton, Fellows of the Royal Society | 8 July 1898 |
| NLB/20/675 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 15 June 1900 |
| NLB/23/1/821 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Dr Alexander Buchan, Fellow of the Royal Society | 30 January 1902 |
| NLB/20/438 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Michael Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 25 April 1900 |
| NLB/28/287 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Alexander Buchan, Fellow of the Royal Society | 11 February 1904 |
| NLB/35/420 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society | 31 May 1907 |
| NLB/35/352 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 22 May 1907 |
| EC/1898/06 | Buchan, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/19/145 | Letter from Akexander Buchan, 2 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh, to Robert [William Frederick] Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 December 1904 |
| NLB/18/818 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Clements R Markham, Fellow of the Royal Society | 19 May 1899 |
| MC/14/280 | Letter from Alexander Buchan, Scottish Meteorological Society, 122 George Street, Edinburgh, to the Secretaries of the Royal Society | 27 December 1887 |
| MC/14/277 | Letter from [Reginald Earle] Welby, Treasury Chambers, to the President of the Royal Society | 15 December 1887 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |
| MC/19/144 | Letter from Alexander Buchan, Scottish Meteorological Society, 122 George Street, Edinburgh, to Dr [Joseph] Larmor | 11 April 1904 |
| MC/19 | Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1904 |