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  • Find me Biographical infomation on author Patricia Hill Buchanan, who wrote, Margaret Tudor Queen of Scotland, published by The Scottish Academic Press in 1985


  • Hello calder56 Patricia Hill Buchanan was born Patricia Alice Fleming Kneas on January 3, 1914. After graduating from Vassar, she went to the University of Pennsylvania, where she was awarded a Master's degree in 1938. She married Henry Hughes Hill, whose parents came from Edgefield, South Carolina, and who served as a Colonel during World War II. Patricia and Henry had a daughter. In 1969 Patricia Kneas Hill received a doctorate from the University of Georgia. Her Ph.D. thesis was on "The Jacobite Bishop of Rochester" (Francis Atterbury). In 1977, using the name Patricia Kneas Hill, she published "The Oglethorpe Ladies and the Jacobite Conspiracy" (Atlanta: Cherokee Press 1977). One outline of the book says, "Anne and Eleanor Oglethorpe, sisters of James Oglethorpe, who established the colony of Georgia, were heavily involved in schemes to gain the thrones of England and Scotland for Prince James, son of the last Stuart monarch." An alternative title is "The Oglethorpe Ladies: An Intimate Glimpse of General James Oglethorpe's Sisters Scheming to Restore the Stuart Monarchy" Patricia Hill Buchanan was a schoolteacher in rural South Carolina. She became Professor Emerita of history and English at Clemson University, and in 1990 she published "Robert E Lee: A Hero for Young Americans". In Clemson she was a member of the Episcopal church and the Daughters of the American Revolution. At the time of her death on March 12 2001 she had three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. I'm afraid that even though I've searched and searched, I haven't succeeded in discovering anything about her Buchanan surname. There is a slight mystery here. Our author appears as Patricia A. Buchanan in the Social Security Death Index, but she is buried as Patricia Kneas Hill next to Henry Hughes Hill at the Clemson University Woodlawn cemetery, as you'll see in this photo: http://askatiger.clemson.edu/endowment/showpicture.asp?photo=cemetery/Hill_Henry_Hughs_Jr_Patricia_Kneas.jpg I hope you find this interesting! Best wishes - Leli Further details of her work: Hill, Patricia K. (Patricia Kneas) The Jacobite Bishop of Rochester / by Patricia K. Hill Ann Arbor, Mich. ; London : University Microfilms International, c1970 1 microfilm reel ; 3 1/2in.,35mm Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Georgia 1969 Hill, Patricia Kneas The Oglethorpe ladies and the Jacobite conspiracies Atlanta : Cherokee Pub., 1977 0877970394 Buchanan, Patricia Hill. Robert E. Lee : a hero for young Americans Nashville, TN : Winston-Derek Publishers, c1991. ISBN: 1555233341 (pbk.) Sources: Greenville News http://www.thegreenvillenews.com/obits/archives/20010312231806.htm Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/ National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/ Social Security Death Index http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ University of Pennsylvania http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0304/0304obits.html Henry Hughes Hill http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8883/mims/fam00110.htm Clemson University Cemetery Hill database http://askatiger.clemson.edu/endowment/ch1.asp Woodlawn Cemetery, Cenetery Hill http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sc/oconee/cemeteries/c243a.txt Clemson University (as in fp's comment below - thanks, fp) http://www.registrar.clemson.edu/publicat/prevcats/0001/sections/faculty/faculty.htm Searches: Patricia Kneas Patricia Kneas Hill Patricia H Buchanan Hill Buchanan Kneas Buchanan etc.


  • The book MARGARET TUDOR QUEEN OF SCOTS is dedicated "To my husband L.H.Buchanan" do you think the arthur is burried next to her father?


  • Do you think that Patricia A.F.Fleming Kneas was her mother and also a historian? 1938 to 1985 is a long time to wait for publishing.


  • thank you and I will give you $15 as tip but I need the info by monday 3-28 as my report is due tuesday.


  • Don't worry! You can be completely confident that the author of "Margaret Tudor" was born in 1914. It looks as if she waited till the later part of her life before getting busy with historical research. She was in her 50s when she got her Ph.D. in 1969, then published the "Oglethorpe" book in 1977 and "Margaret Tudor" 8 years later. She must have married L.H.Buchanan after Henry Hill died in 1977, but we can only guess why she and/or her relatives chose that in the end she should be buried as Patricia Kneas Hill. The National Library of Scotland has this catalogue entry: Buchanan, Patricia Hill, 1914- Margaret Tudor Queen of Scots Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press 1985 http://main-cat.nls.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First An obituary calls her "Patricia Alice Fleming Kneas Hill Buchanan" and the "widow of Henry Hughes Hill Jr.". http://www.thegreenvillenews.com/obits/archives/20010312231806.htm Good luck with your report - Leli







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