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John Buchan Telfer (1830 – 1907) was a British Captain in the Royal Navy and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London since 1875.[1]
He who took part in the Crimean War (1853–56) and was awarded the Baltic Medal.[1] He also served on many naval stations abroad.[2] He married a Russian lady,[2] and in the 1870s resided in the Russian Empire for three years.[2] He traveled to the Crimea and the Caucasus on two occasions.[2] He removed a small basalt sculpture from the Garni Temple in Armenia and bequeathed it to the British Museum.[1][3]
He is remembered for his two volume (I & II) account, The Crimea and Transcaucasia, published in 1876,[1] which, The Geographical Journal said upon his death, "has a permanent value as a mine of curious information and an accurate description of Transcaucasia at that date."[2] In 1888 Douglas Freshfield called him "one of our best recent authorities on the Caucasus."[4]
He also authored articles for the 9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.[5]
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